The Defeated Runner

I told my sister over the phone that all the girl disciples had defeated me in the Inspiration Marathon. She laughed and laughed and laughed. Then I told my brother the same thing. They both enjoyed my story. They were asking, "Do they know how old you are?"
 
-5 February 1981 
 
 

[Source: "The Defeated Runner" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 5, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1981.]