Tis the Set of the Sail

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1916

But to every mind there openeth

A way, and a way, and away.

A high soul climbs the highway,

And the low soul gropes the low,

And in between on the misty flats,

The rest drift to and fro.

But to every man there openeth

A high way and a low,

And every mind deciedeth,

The way his soul shall go.

One ship sails East,

And Another West,

By the self-same winds that blow,

Tis the set of the sails.

What this poem is saying is that you can’t sail nowhere “Go anywhere” without the “wind” as in goal. What it’s also saying keep an open mind into what you’re choosing.