The short cut⁷

During our race in Fukuyama, I was running along the one-mile course. I saw Padmasini running about forty metres ahead of me. She was alone.

There was a big stone marking the turn-around point, but she did not go up to the stone. Before reaching it, she just turned around and went back. I thought, “How clever Padmasini is! There is such a big mark at the turn-around point, but she pretends not to see it.”

I thought that since nobody was there, she was taking a short cut. But I did not have the heart to say anything. Afterwards, I found out that she had already finished the race and was just doing some more walking and running.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Run and become, become and run, part 18, Agni Press, 1996
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