The Persevering Runner

Yesterday while playing tennis I saw a woman running very slowly. I am sure she was going at a twenty-minute pace, at least. She had to lose about forty pounds, but she was going on, going on. You should have seen how slowly she was running! I was admiring her patience and perseverance.
 
-26 March 1981 
 
 
 
[Source: "The Persevering Runner" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 6, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1981.]