Our Earthly Wants And Our Heavenly Needs
Our earthly wants never shrink, never.
They enormously swell
And endlessly multiply.
Our heavenly needs shrink
And shrink
And shrink.
They become smaller than a tiny ant,
Vaster than the vastest ocean-
To fulfil God's Will.
From “ The Wings of Light ” by Sri Chinmoy
© 1973 by Sri Chinmoy - All rights reserved
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