Answer:
Angels and pilots earn these.
Very helpful if you intend to go gently down a river.
I go around in circles, But always straight ahead Never complain, No matter where I am led.
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Pointing North, South, East, and West it saves the lost and helps the rest. What is it?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.