My American Friend

```

My American friend

Tells me how great he is.

My Indian friend

Tells me how pure he is.

My Canadian friend

Tells me how tolerant he is.

My English friend

Tells me how intelligent he is.

My Scottish friend

Tells me how friendly he is.

My Puerto Rican friend

Tells me how soft he is.

My Irish friend

Tells me how energetic he is.

My Swedish friend

Tells me how visionary he is.

My Swiss friend

Tells me how solid he is.

My French friend

Tells me how polite he is.

My Japanese friend

Tells me how sincere he is.

Needless to say, they all

Tell the truth,

Of course, their own version

Of the truth. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Silence, Please! God Is Coming, 1999
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/spg