<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437813" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Initiative</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I choose not to be held accountable, <br>For your responsibilities.<br>With an announced committment.<br>I am not the one to accuse of neglect.<br>Especially if your own life, <br>You do not prioritize with respect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I am in no position, <br>To hold your hand and babysit.<br>You can make all the claims you wish, <br>To point out my arrogance and selfishness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not here to defend against your opinions.<br>Nor am I addicted to expressed empathies to give.<br>I've been taught to get up off my knees from crawling.<br>And not wait for someone to convince me, <br>Of my abilities.<br>Taking initiative does not come easy.<br>Nor is motivation given, <br>To appease those lazy...<br>Who use excuses as they please.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>NOTE: <br>'Thank you T'Ana (my great niece) <br>Who thanked her grandmother (my sister, Andrea) <br>Who thanked our mother, Edna...<br>Who instilled 'initiative' in us, <br>(my sisters Tammy, Lisa, and yes, Andrea and myself) '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who says women aren't the backbone of families? <br>And who says a man can be a man without them, <br>instilling the meaning of 'initiative'.<br>~LSP~</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=437813" data-title="Initiative de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="If I choose not to be held accountable, For your responsibilities. With an announced committment. I am not the one to accuse of neglect. Especially if your own life, You do not prioritize with respect. If I am in no position, To hold your hand..."></div> </div> </div>

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