<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=445771" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>When and Where Did They Leave Behind Their Minds</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have been blessed to be in the presence...<br>Of those obsessed with the purchasing of things.<br>Themselves and what they possess.<br>And have them profess to me, <br>What 'I' could be and 'things' I could have...<br>IF I just put my mind to it! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So glad I endured such ignorance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Little did they know, <br>I thought people like that were ridiculous.<br>And in time they would come to think of themselves, <br>That very same way.<br>It happens.<br>It pays to be observant.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What I have today and have had most of my life, <br>Is a sense of my own self worth.<br>What I have today and have had most of my life, <br>Is identity and self respect.<br>What I have today and have had most of my life, <br>Is my faith and gratefulness...<br>To know from where my blessings flow! <br>And the source of my insight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And those folks...<br>Wouldn't leave from their doorsteps, <br>Without making sure their pretensions were intact.<br>But then again...<br>Times have changed! <br>And maybe some of them are scurrying around, <br>Trying to discover...<br>When and where did they leave behind their minds.<br>And what had been their purpose? <br>What purpose do they serve? <br>And how is that purpose felt? <br>Where is that purpose at? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Especially those clinging onto materialistic notions! <br>Believing themselves to be...<br>'Blessed and highly favored', <br>To have acquired positions of status.<br>With bling and other things to flaunt, <br>An eroding way of life that has them entrapped.<br>And I wonder...<br>Is 'this' a purpose? <br>Or is this, <br>A sad act! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">God...<br>I thank You, <br>For showing me how to lead.<br>And not follow.</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=445771" data-title="When and Where Did They Leave Behind Their Minds de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I have been blessed to be in the presence... Of those obsessed with the purchasing of things. Themselves and what they possess. And have them profess to me, What 'I' could be and 'things' I could have... IF I just put my mind to it! So glad I e..."></div> </div> </div>

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