Strengthening the Chest

The same day, after fifteen minutes I saw a very nice old man running with his hands behind his head. He said to me, "Good morning."
 
I asked him, "Is there any reason why you are doing that?"
 
He answered, "To strengthen my chest."
 
In silence I said, "You don't need to strengthen your chest, but I need to strengthen mine."
 
-29 November 1981  
   
 
 
[Source: "Strengthening the Chest" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 8, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1982.]