In the outer life
If you do not eat for two days,Nothing serious will happen to you.
But in the inner lifeIf you do not aspire for even one day,
All the world’s hostile forcesCan attack you,
And your inner wounds may lingerFor many days.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 65, Agni Press, 1983
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