<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=444631" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Today I Care</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">At one time I cared less, <br>About your thoughts.<br>And how they were expressed.<br>I was too busy collecting 'things'<br>Believing they would bring me a happiness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At one time I perceived, <br>My needs were different than yours.<br>I thought of life as a contest...<br>And doing whatever I could to win, <br>Regardless of any suffering you did...<br>Behind 'your' closed doors.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That was a problem 'you' had, <br>I chose to ignore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At one time I thought myself better than most, <br>If I had a college degree.<br>Afterall, so many didn't! <br>And I was getting 'mine'...<br>With very-little-sleep, <br>Indeed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Any sacrifice committed I did, <br>Was done then for selfish reasons.<br>There was something I wanted to prove.<br>And selecting those I wished to please.<br>That is what I then did do! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had corrupted thoughts.<br>Brought about by ego.<br>I had corrupted thoughts.<br>That would glorify my name.<br>And I was not above shame! <br>I had corrupted thoughts.<br>Not criminal but close.<br>I had corrupted thoughts I chose...<br>To drive a nice car and wear fine clothes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Petty I know.<br>But I needed then to boast! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">At one time I cared less, <br>About your thoughts.<br>And how they were expressed.<br>I was too busy collecting 'things'<br>Believing they would bring me a happiness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At one time I perceived, <br>My needs were different than yours.<br>I thought of life as a contest...<br>And doing whatever I could to win, <br>Regardless of any suffering you did...<br>Behind 'your' closed doors.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But today I care about you more than ever.<br>Feeling us connected...<br>In a 'together' seperateness.<br>Today I care about you more than ever.<br>Both of us have been blessed, <br>Not to live it to impress.<br>But to be grateful for life as it is! <br>And that should be expressed.<br>To leave God to do the rest, <br>At His best! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">At one time I cared less, <br>About your thoughts.<br>Your needs and your feelings.<br>Until I awakened to realize...<br>They were my own! <br>And 'that' God has shown.</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=444631" data-title="Today I Care de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="At one time I cared less, About your thoughts. And how they were expressed. I was too busy collecting 'things' Believing they would bring me a happiness. At one time I perceived, My needs were different than yours. I thought of life as a contes..."></div> </div> </div>

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