April 30

Mind was my confidant.
Alas!
It has betrayed me into the strangling hands of desire.
Heart was my confidant.
Alas!
It has betrayed me into the ever-widening arms of ambition.
Soul was my confidant.
I am sure that it will never betray me.
Sri Chinmoy, Flame-Goal. Daily meditations, Sri Chinmoy Centre, Montreal, 1973