684. God is all gratitude

God gave me a receptive life.
Therefore
I am all gratitude to him.

I gave God a deceptive smile.
Yet
God is all gratitude to me.
He says
At least I have given Him something.
There are countless souls on earth
Who have given Him
And will give Him
Nothing.
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974