363. FORTUNE-TELLER AND FORTUNE-BESTOWER

When man the fortune-teller
Promises me a bright future
My heart of gratitude
Makes his present immediately brighter.

But when God the fortune-bestower
Promises me the brightest future
My impatient heart of ingratitude
   Questions God’s sincerity
      And
   Questions His motive.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, Part 8, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973