Don't Be a Fool

This morning an old lady with a dog said to me, "You are tired?"
 
I said, "Yes, I am tired."
 
"How many miles?" she asked.
 
I answered, "Six and a half."
 
She said, "Kidding? Don't have to kill yourself. Don't be a fool, honey."
 
This was the first time I had ever seen her.
 
-30 July 1979
 

[Source: "Don't Be a Fool" in Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 1, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]