Why have I stopped a familiar routine? <br />I began to notice, <br />How others became annoyed with it. <br />Believing I had nothing else to do, <br />But to offer them my assistance... <br />As if I had something to prove. <br /> <br />And after eliminating a familiar routine, <br />As a practice to be involved... <br />With a contribution of a doing of things, <br />I decided my own happiness would benefit... <br />From the more time I now give to it. <br />With a doing of that I have yet to regret.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-familiar-routine/