SMYM - 2022 Summer Hiatus - Update 1

Hello and I hope all is well with you. As I mentioned in my original Hiatus Announcement, I am going to reach out every few weeks, just to say hello, give some updates and leave you with a very short message for you to consider. Regarding updates, I am deeply involved in working on my next book, Stop Making Yourself Miserable, along with introducing an executive training program to help people enhance their personal growth progress and reach their deeper potential. And for your consideration here is a terrific short poem by Portia Nelson that I found quoted in the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. By the way, Portia had a great mini-prologue to her book. She wrote:  My life has been a series of wonderful experiences. It's a pity I wasn't there for most of them. So, here is her poem called, "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters."   Chapter One 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 Chapter Two 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 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 hole in the sidewalk. I see it 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.   So, there's quite a lot to digest in this little entrée of hers. I hope you have fun with it. Be well, and I'll catch up with you in the next update.