I was blown off course by the winds of change, But I learnt to change the direction of the sails To reach my destination nonetheless.
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from This Is My Life, chapter 2
In other words
A setback and a detour are not the same event, even when they feel identical the day they happen. Innocent lists his as weather: the wind that knocked him off his planned heading. What he did next is the part worth keeping — he did not fight to get back on the original line, he pointed the boat somewhere new and kept going. The destination held. Only the route changed, and only because he let it.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
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