“Better your own path walked imperfectly than another’s walked to perfection. Even to fail on your own road is better; another’s road is full of fear.”

Comparison gets an ancient answer. A path that fits you, walked with a limp, beats a borrowed one walked perfectly, because the borrowed one was shaped for somebody else's life.

The verse gets quoted at career crossroads, and it reaches further: how you grieve, how you practise, how you spend a Sunday. The fit matters more than the polish.