May 31

"Be like a tree.

The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs."

- Sri Chaitanya

O Ignorance!

I want to be the tree of compassion.

O Man!

I want to be the tree of forgiveness.

O Skies!

I want to be the tree of aspiration.

O Earth!

I want to be the tree of patience.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
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