989. God's matchless failure
Do not magnify yourself.You are nothing,
You can be nothing
Without Mother Earth’s
    Patience-light.
Do not deceive yourself.
You cannot be the height
    Of human perfection;
You cannot be the depth
    Of divine dedication.
You must be what you actually are:
    God’s matchless failure.
Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Light, part 20, Agni Press, 1974