Start Where You Stand

Start where you stand
Give yourself to God again.
Don’t look back in shame.
You should know by now
the past is a mean lover
no amount of tears
will ever change.

Start where you stand.
Give yourself to God again.
Don’t look for a better time.
The future will still give you
that little come-on smile
then play hard to get
on the last day of the world.

Start where you stand.
Give yourself to God again.
Right here, right now.
And don’t open with
“What’s in it for me?”
That never flies with Him.

Your problem is
You always leave the party
before your Beloved arrives
and the real fun begins….

You give up on love too soon
and march off to bed muttering,
“He stood me up again.”

Listen!
Take my sage advice
on this subject
of high romance!

Start where you stand.
Give yourself to God again.
Gift wrap your soul
in a big red bow
and be the love
you want to receive.

Then stay at the party
until your Beloved shows.
Didn’t anyone tell you?
This long lost love
is the One…
worth waiting for
all night long.
_{Original poem by a satsangi}