<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=443964" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>They Did The Best They Could</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those who say, <br>They can not understand...<br>Why their children lack respect and discipline, <br>Will always say they did the best they could...<br>To raise them to be good children.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the teaching to them to be responsble men, <br>And women accountable for their actions? <br>Well...many with children are too busy, <br>Wanting their children to see them as their friends.<br>And not examples of adults to set for them.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'And...<br>How many children do you have? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">None.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'OH? <br>And you think you can speak on this, <br>From a position of authority? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No.<br>I speak from a position of having peace of mind.<br>I will never be envious of those emotionally manipulated, <br>For the rest of their lives.<br>However...<br>I have often wanted grandchildren.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'But...<br>Wouldn't you have to have children FIRST? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that one 'detail' alone...<br>Is the reason why, <br>I chose to keep my peace of mind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'It's never too late you know? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Didn't you just hear me say, <br>I chose to keep my peace of mind, <br>Over sitting in a prison cell for the rest of my life? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'No.<br>I didn't hear that last statement.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It came to me quickly as a vision.</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=443964" data-title="They Did The Best They Could de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Those who say, They can not understand... Why their children lack respect and discipline, Will always say they did the best they could... To raise them to be good children. But the teaching to them to be responsble men, And women accountable f..."></div> </div> </div>

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