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Every morning ask yourself

If you are ready to remain obedient —

If not unconditionally,

Then cheerfully;

If not cheerfully,

At least reluctantly.

If you want to stay

In the Golden Boat of the Supreme,

Your last resort is reluctant obedience.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 98, Agni Press, 1984
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