The Fisherman's Request

One morning, after I had run ten miles, I saw a fisherman catching fish. He said, "Man, you have run a lot. Now give me a hand." He wanted my help, but I just smiled and kept running.
 
-25 July 1979
 

[Source: "The Fisherman's Request" in Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 1, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]