Flirting with Faith

A Parable of Change, Growth and Turning Things Around

Wednesday June 24, 2009


There Is a Hole in My Sidewalk: Autobiography in Five Short Chapter
s
By Portia Nelson, sent to me by a good friend.

Chapter One
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost...I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter Two
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend that I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in this same place.
But, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter Three
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep whole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in...it's a habit...but,
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately,

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

Chapter Five
I walk down another street.


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Comments
Veron Graham
June 24, 2009 6:15 PM
http://exploretruth.com

Thanks for posting this! I was just having a discussion with a family member about what sin actually is. I see this autobiography as an example of our shared human story, one that binds us together through our struggle, but reminds us of the hope that can also be ours.

Leslie Bianco
June 25, 2009 1:58 PM
http://www.companyofprayer.com

Thanks for this little journey in "wisdom." Here are some more interesting thoughts along those lines: http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/category/wisdom/

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Joan Ball is a professor of communication and marketing and author of the upcoming book, Flirting with Faith: My Journey from Atheism to Agnosticism to a Devoted Life. A lifelong seeker/skeptic who was raised without a prescribed notion of God, she experienced a dramatic and unlikely conversion to Christianity at age 37. She brings to the Beliefnet conversation an insider/outsider perspective on living a faith that both delights and confounds her.

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