634 God Was Proud...
GOD WAS PROUD
When I was a rock,
God was proud of my adamantine will.
When I was a tree,
God was proud of my untiring compassion.
When I was an animal,
God was proud of my unyielding striving.
When I was a human being,
God was proud of my heart's crying.
When I was a divine being,
God was proud of my accepting and rejecting,
And my becoming and being.
