23. Where is it?

Heaven cries out: “Where is it?”
Earth cries out: “Where is it?”
God cries out: “Where is it?”
Man smiles and asks: “What is it?”
God, earth and Heaven cry:
“Gratitude, your gratitude.”
Man says: “O earth, your choice deserves it not.
O Heaven, Your voice retains it not.
O God, Your Forgiveness needs it not.
Never.”
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973