279. I was a foolish man

```

I was a foolish man;

Therefore

I wanted to shake hands

With God.

I was a foolish man;

Therefore

I forgot to invite God

To my peaceful, soulful home.

But I shall never repeat

My mistakes;

For your kind information,

God Himself has told me so. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Goal is won, Sri Chinmoy Centre, New York, 1974
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