I Am Working

On Parsons Boulevard construction men were digging a big hole and a very fat man was inside the hole up to his eyes. As soon as he saw me he smiled at me and clapped. Then he started grumbling, "Oh, I am here working and you are running and enjoying yourself."
 
-25 July 1979
 

[Source: "I Am Working" in Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 1, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]