falling in the hole

"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up, "Hey, you, can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along, and the guy shouts up, "Father, I'm down in this hole. Can you help me out?" The priest writes a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by. "Hey, Joe, it's me. Can you help me out" And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, "Are you nuts? Now we're both down here." The friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before - and I know the way out."

I love this story and it definitely applies to the pitfalls in life! If you keep falling in a hole, especially if you keep falling in the same one, as I have done, you might want to consider spending some time in that hole to figure out how to avoid falling in again.

As the story says having a friend who has been there and knows the way out is very helpful but even if you don't.. figure out how to fill that hole in so you don't have to walk around it, avoid it, risk falling in again. Exhaust all possible ways to get out, pull the dirt in around so that it fills in the space below your feet and eventually the hole will get smaller and smaller until it's gone.