174. My promises and my failures

My morning promise:
I shall be divine.
    I fail.

My afternoon promise:
All my actions shall be divine.
    I fail.

My evening promise:
In everything I shall see the divine.
    I fail.

My night promise:
I shall think of the divine alone.
    I fail.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 4, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973