2611. Duty comes first

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My Lord, duty comes first

In Your Life.

Therefore, I love You

And I am dying to make You

My own.

My Lord, pleasure comes first

In my life.

Therefore, I hate myself

And I am desperately trying

To disown myself.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 27, Agni Press, 1982
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