Self-Defeat

Yesterday

You defeated yourself

Because

You did not try.

Today

You are defeating yourself

Because

You are not crying.

Tomorrow

You will defeat yourself

Because

You will not be living.

– Sri Chinmoy

Excerpt from: Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy, Copyright (c) 1900 by Sri Chinmoy – All rights reserved