Autobiography in Five Short Chapters Written by Portia Nelson, Illustration by Élena Nazzaro Chapter One I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost.....I am hopeless. ...

You can’t change anyone else but you. Why even try? Do you feel that it would it make life easier in the relationship if you could ‘change’ that person? If that’s so, then instill the right for them to make a change order list on you too. Matter of fact, let’s treat each other like a car and change the design to create a different model altogether. Wait a minute! All of a sudden that doesn’t feel good, does it? Well, it shouldn’t.