24/12/2025
✨ SELF GROWTH IN FIVE CHAPTERS ✨
Inspired by the poem Autobiography in Five Chapters by Portia Nelson
This piece captures the truth of real change in the most honest way.
Growth is not instant.
Healing is not linear.
Awareness comes before choice.
We don’t wake up one day transformed.
We wake up one day aware.
First we repeat the pattern.
Then we recognise it.
Then we pause.
Then we choose differently.
And eventually, we create a new path.
This is not failure.
This is evolution.
Every chapter matters.
Every step teaches.
Every moment of awareness is progress.
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Awareness
Notice the patterns we keep walking into. No judgment. Just honesty.
Compassion
Release blame for earlier chapters. We did the best we could with what we knew then.
Responsibility
Gently acknowledge when something is our choice now. Responsibility is power.
Pattern Interrupt
When we see the hole, pause and ask,
“What would self love choose here?”
Redirection
If needed, walk another street. We are allowed to choose an entirely new way of being.
Growth is not about never falling.
It’s about getting out faster.
And eventually choosing a path that feels safe, aligned, and true.
We are always becoming.
One baby step at a time.
— Lucinda ✨💖
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