<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442732" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Standards I Value</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How can I recognize times have changed, <br>And so have I? <br>I had been the kind of person that thought, <br>Being of service to my fellowmen...<br>Was a duty and a deed I was here on Earth to do.<br>I would have cleaned some people's toilets, <br>If I was asked to.<br>I make clear now those choices, <br>From which I choose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today, <br>If some of those same people...<br>Were to invite me to a dinner party as their main guest, <br>To sit at the head of the table.<br>I would not accept.<br>Not because I didn't care for them as people, <br>Which just might be the case.<br>I wouldn't accept because of the menu.<br>OR if I did not personally know the chef.<br>Since I have acquired my own satisfying taste.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How can I recognize times have changed, <br>And so have I? <br>I had been the kind of person that thought, <br>Being of service to my fellowmen...<br>Was a duty and a deed I was here on Earth to do.<br>I would have cleaned some people's toilets, <br>If I was asked to.<br>And I 'still' might consider such a task.<br>Depending upon who it is that may ask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, <br>As my own preference would have it...<br>I'd rather take a city bus.<br>Than to be chauffeured around in a limousine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And...<br>So glad I am, <br>To have remained to keep my own standards I value...<br>Available and within my grasp.<br>And not think myself out of touch or reach, <br>From the people I most adore and respect.<br>Or think I am above those lessons I learn to keep.<br>And from them whom to me I receive realities...<br>I do not have to solicit, <br>Since they frequently on a daily basis teach.<br>And for FREE? <br>I can not beat that.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These are standards I value.<br>To keep me focused and my mind intact.</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=442732" data-title="Standards I Value de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="How can I recognize times have changed, And so have I? I had been the kind of person that thought, Being of service to my fellowmen... Was a duty and a deed I was here on Earth to do. I would have cleaned some people's toilets, If I was asked ..."></div> </div> </div>

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