Wayne Dyer tells the story about a woman who wrote the 5 stages of her life;

1. I walked down a street. I didn't see a hole. I fell in. It wasn't my fault. It took me a very long time to find my way out.

2. I walked down a street. I saw a hole. I fell in. It wasn't my fault. It took a long time to find my way out.

3. I walked down a street. I saw a hole. I looked in the hole. I fell in. It was my fault. It took a short time to find my way out.

4. I walked down a street. I saw a hole. I walked around the hole.

5. I walked down a different street.