<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401142" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Give Or Take</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do you reckon yourself to be either, <br>A giver or taker by breed, <br>It's a falsehood to say that you're neither, <br>Should people be defined by deed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do you take others feelings for granted, <br>And give a deaf ear to what's said, <br>Neglecting to take heed of what's wanted, <br>Giving a cold shoulder instead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Would you call yourself one who takes pity, <br>And gives support when so required, <br>Do you take pause from life's nitty-gritty, <br>Give help when the need has expired.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are you one to take pride in your children, <br>And give them a platform to grow, <br>Or instead take control and just will them, <br>Give in to your manifesto.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do you take backward steps from embraces, <br>Won't give to your masculine pride, <br>Take solace from freshly hugged faces, <br>Give way to your nurturing side.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do you take steps that offer up freedom, <br>That give way to journeys unplanned, <br>Do you take fleeting moments and seize them, <br>Give meaning to Time's grains of sand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are you one to take lunch breaks mid-morning, <br>To give your employer the slip, <br>And take 'sickies' without prior warning, <br>Give in to the slightest nose drip.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Giving and taking are choices, <br>It's knowing which verb to apply, <br>Blatantly this poem's advice is, <br>If the balance is wrong - question why?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Greg+Costello">Greg Costello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401142" data-title="Give Or Take de Greg Costello" data-description="Do you reckon yourself to be either, A giver or taker by breed, It's a falsehood to say that you're neither, Should people be defined by deed. Do you take others feelings for granted, And give a deaf ear to what's said, Neglecting to take he..."></div> </div> </div>

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