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My Lord Supreme, my Beloved Supreme, my All, today marks the first anniversary of my weightlifting career. There was a time when you made me a runner, a sprinter, an athlete. Now you have turned me into a weightlifter. My Lord, soulfully, devotedly and unconditionally I shall become what You want me to become.

My Lord, my Lord, may my outer name and my inner name be gratitude, gratitude, gratitude — sleepless gratitude, breathless gratitude and deathless gratitude—my Lord, my Eternity’s Lord, my Absolute Beloved Lord Supreme.

— Sri Chinmoy