“Everything seems to be
against me these days, Uncle Henry,” grumbled a
smart-looking young man, in a depressed tone.
“Nothing seems to go right. I’m
going to give up trying. What headway
can a fellow make when everything is against him?”
“Humph!” said Uncle
Henry. “I didn’t know before that you
were such a different person on land from what you are on the sea.”
The young man looked puzzled. “Different on sea and on land?” he
queried. “How? What’s the joke?”
“Well, my lad, I’ve been out
with you in your little sailing-boat a good many times, but I never once heard
you say that you couldn’t get anywhere because the wind or tide was against
you.”
“Oh, that’s easily
explained! A good sailor doesn’t have to
sail with the wind or the tide. If a man
knows how to set his sail right, he can take advantage of the wind, whichever
quarter it blows from.”
“Quite right,” said Uncle
Henry. “Now you go and apply that idea
on dry land, and see if you don’t make port with a good cargo!”
When you are baffled and
disappointed in your daily work, do not despair, but look to your Great
Captain, and He will keep you on the right course.
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