952. MY FOUR DREAMS

I sacrificed my first dream
      To fulfil my second dream.

   I sacrificed my second dream
      To fulfil my third dream.

   I sacrificed my third dream
      To fulfil my fourth dream.

      To become a scholar
   Was my first dream.

      To become a poet
   Was my second dream.

      To become a Yogi
   Was my third dream.

To become a God-server in humanity
Was my fourth and last Reality-filled dream.
Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Light, Part 20, Agni Press, New York, 1974