Looking over the battlefield³⁰

Later that day, which was the day before the marathon, I took a cab and went to the marathon starting point. I was disappointed, frightened, to say the least, when I saw the whole course.

I said, “Since I came all the way, best thing is to die on the battlefield.”

But when you are in the car, the battlefield is not a real battlefield. Only when you start running, when you are on the ground, is it a real battlefield.

When I saw it in the car, I still had a little hope that I would be able to manage it. Secretly I had a little hope that I would be able to finish it. O God, the actual day was something else!

From:Sri Chinmoy,Run and become, become and run, part 2, Agni Press, 1979
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