The following verses from an unidentified source carry their own lesson:
One ship drives east and another drives west,
While the selfsame breezes blow;
It’s the set of the sails and not the gales
That bids them where to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of the fates,
As we voyage along through life;
It’s the set of the soul that decides the goal,
And not the storm or strife.
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