When are they afraid of you?

```

When

Is death afraid of you?

When you smile.

Why?

Because the brother in death

Needs your smile.

When

Is life afraid of you?

When you despair.

Why?

Because the mother in life

Hates your despair.

When

Is truth afraid of you?

When you give up.

Why?

Because the father in truth

Wants you to try

Time and again.

Never give up.

Never!

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The silence of death, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
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