598. My advocates

Doubt says to me:
“I want to be your advocate.
When happiness tortures your heart,
I shall bravely defend your cause.”

Faith says to me:
“I wish to be your advocate.
When wild miseries torture your mind,
I shall unreservedly defend your cause.”

God says to me:
“I shall be your advocate.
When nothingness saddens your mind
And plenitude puzzles your heart,
I shall immediately defend your cause.”
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 12, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973