<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422148" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Forgive Me for Being So Good</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord, forgive me for my pity<br>For the vagrant and the homeless.<br>I should have given them a home<br>Instead of indulging in my finer feelings.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord, forgive me for compassion.<br>What good are lotus flowers to the suffering? <br>If I deny myself, do I not deny others? <br>Their cravings will cease when I give them bread and potatoes! <br>But I was seduced by the purity of my thoughts! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord, forgive me for my guilt.<br>I felt guilty about my lust and anger<br>When I should have felt guilty about my insincerity and laziness.<br>Lord, forgive me for shrugging my shoulders.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Thorkild+Ellison">John Thorkild Ellison</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=422148" data-title="Forgive Me for Being So Good de John Thorkild Ellison" data-description="Lord, forgive me for my pity For the vagrant and the homeless. I should have given them a home Instead of indulging in my finer feelings. Lord, forgive me for compassion. What good are lotus flowers to the suffering? If I deny myself, do I not d..."></div> </div> </div>

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