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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