33. MY COMPANIONS

Hope, my hope,
You are my conscious companion;
   Therefore
I always like you.

   Patience, my patience,
You are my conscious and constant companion;
   Therefore
I always love you.

   Surrender, my surrender,
You are my conscious, constant and
    illumining companion;
   Therefore
I always need you.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 17, Vishma Press, New York, 1974