25. Father and daughter

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Father, give me the capacity

To count the time

I have misspent.

Daughter, give Me the capacity

To count the good things

You have done for Me.

Father, why do You make fun of me?

Daughter, why do you make Me sad

By dragging yourself

Back to the fruitless past?

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 9, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
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