<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432816" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>An Appreciation For The Highs And Lows</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not invent motivation.<br>Nor was initiative, <br>Sitting in a variety store...<br>Wishing that it, <br>I would come along to pick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And dedication with devotion, <br>Was not served to me on a silver platter.<br>No matter how long I sat wishing for dreams to exist.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Something inside of me arrived long ago.<br>A comprehension to understand...<br>Yearning without earning, <br>What I wanted was not going to be...<br>In stars that glowed.<br>And the wearing of fine clothes, <br>Was not prioritized as my objective.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With lessons taught and disappointments bestowed, <br>I learned that patience wasn't everything I need to know.<br>I needed to know the connection between hard work, sacrifice...<br>And arguments I've settled with discipline in stubborn fights, <br>Helped me open my eyes...<br>To the kind of world this is I am blessed to live in.<br>BLESSED.<br>Without those selfish expectations.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not invent motivation.<br>Nor was initiative, <br>Sitting in a variety store...<br>Wishing that it, <br>I would come along to pick.<br>No! <br>I learned to tie my own shoes, <br>Before I was able to walk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And dedication with devotion, <br>Was not served to me on a silver platter.<br>No matter how long I sat wishing for dreams to exist.<br>And...<br>The clearing of weeds off my own path, <br>Began a process of adventure through hills and valleys...<br>With an appreciation for the highs and lows, <br>That never seem to end.<br>And 'if' that is my task to last...<br>Who's journey is this I've been given to enjoy? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And FREE.<br>At no charge to me.<br>But to live it as it is with a gratitude expressed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</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=432816" data-title="An Appreciation For The Highs And Lows de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I did not invent motivation. Nor was initiative, Sitting in a variety store... Wishing that it, I would come along to pick. And dedication with devotion, Was not served to me on a silver platter. No matter how long I sat wishing for dreams to ..."></div> </div> </div>

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