Your Best Friend

Today I saw a dog that I have seen a few times before. But for the first time I also saw the owner. It was an elderly woman, and she was holding the dog on a leash.

As I ran by, the dog blocked my way, so I just stopped and stood there. The dog was not barking at all and the lady said to me, "Don t worry, don't worry! She is as kind as any human being can ever be. She can be your best friend as well, if you want her to be.

I said to the lady, "Thank you, thank you."

Her dog can be her best friend, so true. After running a few more metres I turned around, and the lady was still looking at me.

-21 July 1979

[Source: "Your Best Friend" in Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 1, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]