Life may be seen as a spiral leading us upward in our growth towards maturity. You never know what you will get. Take a chance and see what happens. Metaphors of life give us a vision of the life process and help us to understand what is required for the essential tasks of psychological and spiritual growth. Portia Nelson's delightful and insightful story of the hole in the sidewalk provides another metaphor of life.
Life is like a stroll down a somewhat hazardous sidewalk.
The story identifies the key feature required to safely navigate life's sidewalk. Let's read and discuss it chapter by chapter. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in.