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