The Moral Vision
Unlocking the Gates to Success
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UNLOCKING THE GATES TO SUCCESS
The guest struggled desperately to open the lock,
and as he went on and on twisting and twisting and
turning the key, and trying to jerk the lock open, his
vexation finally turned to fury. “This lock is
defective!” he shouted to anyone who cared to
listen. Then he muttered under his breath that his
host had been a fool to buy such a lock. The next to
have his wrath vented on it was the lock-making
industry, which produced worthless goods, not
caring whether they worked or not and not caring
whether people were put to trouble or not. Their
business was only to make money out of
unsuspecting consumers! By this time he was at the
end of his tether and had decided he was going to
break it open with a hammer. Just then, his host
arrived and tried the key in the lock himself. “Oh,
I’m so sorry!” he exclaimed.” I quite forgot I had
changed this lock, but I just momentarily forgot,
and gave you the wrong key.” He then produced
the right key and the lock opened instantly. So the
guest’s ire had been quite misdirected and he had
ultimately achieved nothing by it except reduce
himself to a state of utter exhaustion.
