<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=441127" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Pre-Conditioned</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most of us, <br>Have been pre-conditioned...<br>To find good jobs.<br>Odd or not...<br>But that job sought, <br>We eventually got! <br>Instead of creating them.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most of us, <br>Had been in that position.<br>And pre-conditioned...<br>To look for something already there.<br>Without paving a path with motivation.<br>Hoping what we did...<br>Secured us for years, <br>And would last! <br>Passing along that abstraction, <br>To our 'kids'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most of us...<br>Seek approval from some.<br>To find out from them, <br>If they accept what we've done.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most of us...<br>Live lives confused.<br>And sit to await...<br>For that sacrifice to be appreciated.<br>With a love developed to sing the blues...<br>Feeling distraught and sometimes used.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And others who seem to fulfill their dreams...<br>Are often the ones who come to stun, <br>Some, <br>Who complain nothing for them changes.<br>Becoming strangers...<br>Even to themselves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While those of us stay pre-conditioned, <br>To superstitions and beliefs.<br>And tied religiously, <br>With pleas to relieve us from sorrow and grief.<br>Fixed in prayer, <br>And down on our knees.<br>Stuck without movement...<br>As if sealed, <br>In concrete! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hoping God...<br>Will bestow upon us our desires! <br>With His understanding...<br>We are obedient as we sit.<br>To observe a miracle! <br>And demanding He delivers it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Leaving God to wonder what it is, <br>We wish.<br>Since He has not seen, <br>Any evidence of those on their knees...<br>Applying any elbow grease, <br>And/or working towards it! <br>Whatever it is that is wished.<br>Knowing His creations are here to benefit.<br>With the aid of His assistance.<br>And He too waits...<br>To see who takes the initiative! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And most of us, <br>He knows.<br>Just don't get, <br>This process.</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=441127" data-title="Pre-Conditioned de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Most of us, Have been pre-conditioned... To find good jobs. Odd or not... But that job sought, We eventually got! Instead of creating them. Most of us, Had been in that position. And pre-conditioned... To look for something already there. Wit..."></div> </div> </div>

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