just for today

I am sure that many of you have read this.....but it has special meaning for me.....I hope that it will for you.....

There's A Hole in My Sidewalk

I walk down the street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am hopeless.

It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But, it isn't my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
I walk down another street.

Portia Nelson