I came to him
I came to him doubtful.    He smiled and said:
    "Stay with me for three minutes."
I came to him uncertain.
    He caressed the sleeping Eye between my eyebrows and said:
    "Stay with me for three years."
I came to him with a student's eagerness.
    He blessed my devoted head and said:
    "Stay with me for thirty years."
I came to him with the heart of a child.
    He embraced my surrendered life and said:
    "Stay with me for eternity."
Sri Chinmoy, A God-Lover's Earth-Heaven-Life, part 2, Agni Press, 1974