5126. My tears

```

Before I accepted

The life of aspiration,

My tears were the tears

Of real sorrow.

Now that I have accepted

The life of aspiration,

My tears are not tears of sorrow

But tears of real joy. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 52, Agni Press, 1983
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