269. They arrest me

Fear arrests me
Quickly.
Courage arrests me
Unconsciously.
Doubt arrests me
Abruptly.
Faith arrests me
Timidly.
Love arrests me
Slowly.
Devotion arrests me
Steadily.
Surrender arrests me
Unerringly.
God arrests me
Compassionately,
Carefully
And
Completely.
Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Light, part 6, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974