1. 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.

2. 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'm in the same place.

But it isn't my fault.

I still takes a long time to get out.

3. I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it is there.

I still fall in, it's a habit.

During the Thanksgiving weekend and following week, I attended a 10day Vipassana meditation retreat.  It was 10days of meditation all while observing "Noble silence", which means NO talking.  I was fine without talking for 10days, but I missed reading and writing a lot.  I often write in a journal, and it was difficult to stay present with myself for 10days straight without the journaling as an outlet for things that were coming up for me. But that was the point of depriving the students of all forms of external distractions.