<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437597" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In My Less Than Tolerant Youth</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I don't resent those ignorant.<br>Since that word could apply to anyone...<br>Who believe they are in a position, <br>To condescend someone else.<br>Because of one's economic status! <br>Or, of one's color of skin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We all learn lessons that seem to never end.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have had great conversations, <br>With those considered less intelligent.<br>To leave them with a wealth of knowledge...<br>That left me seeking them out again! <br>And wondering 'if'... <br>I'd be accepted as a friend? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We all learn lessons that seem to never end.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And those who express opinions, <br>With open mouths and shut ears...<br>Are often those with minds that are closed, <br>To thoughts of others...<br>They oppose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Have you ever heard those say, <br>With their own children they can not communicate? <br>Did you leave them comprehending...<br>How blessed the children one day will feel? <br>And their frustrated faces will be replaced, <br>To express in celebration if they just kept faith! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've lived to witness miracles...<br>In my less than tolerant youth.<br>My mother and father would stop me with a look.<br>And I would freeze, <br>Daring to breathe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just when my own patience began to slip from lips! <br>Knowing then it was wiser for me...<br>To wait and listen! <br>And not make a big deal of it.<br>Or I'd find it unbearable for me to sit.<br>Followed by my mother's promises, <br>That any healing done would not be quick! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We all learn lessons that seem to never end.<br>With some being pointless, <br>To have them repeated again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've lived to witness miracles...<br>In my less than tolerant youth.<br>With pictures depicted painting a thousand words.<br>Only a few did I dare to review in pursuit.</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=437597" data-title="In My Less Than Tolerant Youth de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I don't resent those ignorant. Since that word could apply to anyone... Who believe they are in a position, To condescend someone else. Because of one's economic status! Or, of one's color of skin. We all learn lessons that seem to never end. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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