The Guard-Runner

Today at the United Nations the guard saluted me as I came in. He said, "I was the only runner last time in your race for the Security and Safety Service." Sal ran with him so he would have competition, but towards the end Sal stopped. That's why this guard got first prize.
 
-7 November 1981  
   
 
 
[Source: "The Guard-Runner" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 8, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1982.]