January 31
I praised God. God blessed me.I praised myself. God blessed me.
When I praised God, I felt that I must do nothing but that.
When I praised myself, I realised that I can do nothing but that. Alas!
Lo, my ever-compassionate God blesses me both in my wisdom and my ignorance.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970