I barter my aspiration-cry
With humanity’s indifference-sky.
Why am I such a fool?
Indeed, this is the lesson supreme
I have learned in my Lord’s
Compassion-Forgiveness-Perfection-
Satisfaction-School.
– Sri Chinmoy
Excerpt from: Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy, Copyright (c) 1900 by Sri Chinmoy – All rights reserved