I used to think if you fell from grace it was more likely than not the result of one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident. I hadn't learned that it can happen so gradually you don't lose your stomach or hurt yourself in the landing. You don't necessarily sense the motion. I've found it takes at least two and generally three things to alter the course of a life: You slip around the truth once, and then again, and one more time, and there you are, feeling, for a moment, that it was sudden, your arrival at the bottom of the heap. . Jane Hamilton
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How do you know when your life is going wrong? You slip around the truth once and suddenly you find yourself on the bottom of the pile. This quote by Maya Angelou shows that we can get ourselves into terrible situations without realizing it. We start out with good intentions and we become disappointed in ourselves and our actions. We begin to think that we are not good enough but we still don't get the hint.

The more we try to improve ourselves, the more we slip and fall even further than before. It's not until we feel like we have nothing left to lose that we become aware of our mistakes and begin to change our lives for the better. A lesson I've learned throughout my life:

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