<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433466" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Breathing Freely</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Breathing freely, <br>And adopting this as my number one...<br>Priority, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">At first...<br>I brought along with it some guilt.<br>I was taught from birth, <br>Doing for others...<br>Provided me a sense of self worth.<br>And a doing for myself first, <br>Was a selfish activity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I thought about this, <br>Through the years of my giving.<br>And I thought about this, <br>With a lesser happiness...<br>As I continued to live.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I am not happy, <br>To whom do I address this? <br>And who is going to recognize my unhappiness, <br>Better than I can myself? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And...<br>I awakened! <br>As if it was the first time I had witnessed dawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Breathing freely, <br>And adopting this as my number one...<br>Priority, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">At first...<br>I brought along with it some guilt.<br>I was taught from birth, <br>Doing for others...<br>Provided me a sense of self worth.<br>And a doing for myself first, <br>Was a selfish activity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today, <br>Feeling selfish is the least of my concerns.<br>I am no longer seeking to prove I can be sacrificial.<br>I've earned and deserve the right to be happy.<br>Pleasing the needs of others, <br>To receive disrespect as a benefit? <br>Is a lesson I have learned not to repeat.</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=433466" data-title="Breathing Freely de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Breathing freely, And adopting this as my number one... Priority, At first... I brought along with it some guilt. I was taught from birth, Doing for others... Provided me a sense of self worth. And a doing for myself first, Was a selfish acti..."></div> </div> </div>

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