1549. My five-cent prayer

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My five-cent prayer

Expects

A five-thousand-dollar answer.

Alas, alas!

My ten-thousand-dollar meditation

Expects nothing,

Not even a fleeting smile from God.

For me, meditation in itself

Is all achievement.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 16, Agni Press, 1981
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