45. What is the matter?

What is the matter with me?
Why do I not love God?
He does everything for me.

What is the matter with God?
Why does He not ignore me?
I deserve His indifference-blow.

What is the matter with earth?
Why has it lost all its hope?
Hope is the harbinger of achievement.

What is the matter with Heaven?
Why does it promise all the time?
Promise unfulfilled is insincerity’s betrayal.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 9, Vishma Press, New York, 1974