280. Pride: past and present

I was proud
Of my brooding fear;
And now I am proud
Of my climbing courage.

I was proud
Of my shooting doubts;
And now I am proud
Of my blossoming faith.

My success is my illumination;
My illumination is my God's progress in me.
Sri Chinmoy, The Goal is won, Sri Chinmoy Centre, New York, 1974