From the Heart
Louise Gibson
I have to be me!
I am fighting a battle of resistance.
I have to be me, in spite of insistence.
The world is doing its best night and day
to alter my thinking, to follow its way.
Commercials tell me what I should buy.
Etiquette dictates the “how” and the “why”
Experience has proven to be my friend.
My values I no longer have to defend.
Don’t try to make me an image of you.
It is so refreshing to have one’s own view.
Old Things R New 
I love this poem, as I love all of your work. There are so many powerful influences pushing us to change ourselves, and you are so right. Experience needs to guide us.
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DAWN, i AM ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMMENTING. THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE IN REACHING A RIPE OLD AGE. I AM NOT INTIMIDATED BY SOCIETY AS STRICTLY AS I WAS WHEN YOUNGER WHEN I SUFFERED FROM THE “DISEASE TO PLEASE”. MY GOAL AT PRESENT IS TO PLEASE OUR LORD AND STRIVE TO DO HIS WILL.
GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR ONE.
‘LOVE YOU!
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I love this. It’s empowering!
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THANK YOU, BECKY. BEING YOURSELF, OR AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS OR HONEST OPINIONS IS SO IMPORTANT…TREASURE THE MOMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
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