<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433964" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Conditioned To Focus On Limitations</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The message that they are getting to hear, <br>Is not the message heard they wish preferred.<br>And, coincidentally, it is not the content of the message.<br>They oppose and object, <br>It is the messenger who states this message, <br>With an eloquence delivered to them<br>They reject.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And 'if' that messenger had represented, <br>One of them<br>They'd be more inclined to pay attention.<br>But of course, <br>They have been conditioned to focus<br>On limitations to impress.<br>And not use their ears for listening<br>To a message they should address.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The message that they are getting to hear, <br>Is not the message heard they wish preferred.<br>And, coincidentally, it is not the content of the message.<br>They oppose and object, <br>It is the messenger who states this message, <br>With an eloquence delivered to them<br>They reject.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it is obvious to those who know, <br>As to why most ears are ignorantly closed.<br>They want to raise the bar 'their' way.<br>But not with 'this' one.<br>Who has come to play, <br>Hardball with decked cards regardless.<br>Of what others perceive another should say.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They want to have it their way.<br>Even though their way betrays and begins to fade, <br>Those days of one's pigmentation.</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=433964" data-title="Conditioned To Focus On Limitations de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="The message that they are getting to hear, Is not the message heard they wish preferred. And, coincidentally, it is not the content of the message. They oppose and object, It is the messenger who states this message, With an eloquence delivered..."></div> </div> </div>

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