4. Smile
Lord Supreme,I smile to draw the attention
Of my little world around me.
But why do You smile?
What makes You smile?
“My daughter,
Nothing compels Me to smile.
Nothing compels Me to do anything.
But yet I do and act,
For I know I am not only the Doer
But also the action;
I am not only the Speaker
But also the speech.
If I fail to unite My creation-flower
With My Creator-seed,
Nothing can breathe on earth
Even for a fleeting second.
My child, I smile
Because inside the Heart of My Smile
Beauty’s day dawns;
Inside the Body of My Smile
Duty’s morn breaks.”
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 6, Vishma Press, 1974