439. APPRECIATION, ADMIRATION AND LOVE

I appreciate myself not;
   Therefore
I deserve more appreciation.

I admire myself not;
   Therefore
I deserve more admiration.

I love myself not;
   Therefore
I deserve more love.

   But, since
I love not God,
I deserve no love, no admiration,
No appreciation, nothing,
      Absolutely nothing.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, Part 9, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973