<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436265" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Grateful and Pleased</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've been too real.<br>And I think, <br>That has been my greatest flaw.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When someone discovers, <br>A thing one does...<br>Is much bigger than they perceive.<br>They begin to believe, <br>It should be shown...<br>As they conceive it to be.<br>Like in magazines, movies...<br>Or on national TV.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when it isn't...<br>They don't know how to react.<br>Since they know they have shown, <br>A lot of disrespect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And they expect to get that back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when they realize, <br>Something genuine has been missed...<br>They attempt to overcompensate for it.<br>Instead of showing the respect given, <br>That has been shown to them.<br>They begin to then look at another a different way.<br>As if what had been displayed for years...<br>To them had not been known that way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've been too real.<br>And I think, <br>That has been my greatest flaw.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that's why I prefer the peace of my own company.<br>Too many are deluded, <br>By impressions of success.<br>And why those amongst them...<br>Should live somewhere else to do that best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'So and so, <br>Has a condo in New York City.<br>Did you know so and so, <br>Moved from Atlanta to LA? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No I didn't.<br>I'm glad to have a bus pass.<br>Ad peace of mind with me everyday.<br>And I pray for it to last.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am grateful and pleased, <br>To be right where I am! <br>And happy to have my life in perspective.</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=436265" data-title="Grateful and Pleased de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I've been too real. And I think, That has been my greatest flaw. When someone discovers, A thing one does... Is much bigger than they perceive. They begin to believe, It should be shown... As they conceive it to be. Like in magazines, movies....."></div> </div> </div>

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