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Every morning ask yourselfIf you are ready to remain obedient —
If not unconditionally,
Then cheerfully;
If not cheerfully,
At least reluctantly.
If you want to stay
In the Golden Boat of the Supreme,
Your last resort is reluctant obedience.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 98, Agni Press, 1984
