You have a choice

-- Author Unknown ---

This is an autobiography of a person wonderfully expressed in just five short chapters. It goes like this:

CHAPTER ONE       (a helpless victim of life)
I walk down the street.
There's a hole in the sidewalk.
It is a very deep hole.
I fall in... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

CHAPTER TWO           (victim of self)
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in... again.
I can't believe I'm in the same place, but it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

CHAPTER THREE             (taking responsibility)
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole 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                   (self discipline)
I walk down the same street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

CHAPTER FIVE                 (making better choices)
I walk down ANOTHER street.

What a marvelous progression from...

a helpless victim of life...
to a victim of self... 

to taking responsibility...
to self-discipline... 

to making better choices!