The old man was taking his daily walk when a young man came jogging up beside him. They recognized each other as members of the same church. The young man, Bill, stopped and joined the old man in his walk. Henry introduced himself and mentioned to the youth that he had not seen him in the church recently. “Oh, no,” Bill said, “I’ve decided I don’t need church anymore. I can make it on my own!”

Without saying anything, the old gentleman stopped, picked up a stick, and broke it. Then he stopped and picked up two twigs and broke them. He proceeded to pick up a whole handful of sticks and sought to break them but could not. Where upon he handed the bundle of sticks to his young friend and asked him to break them. The youth tried and failed. But quickly the young man separated them and began to gleefully break them, one by one. Observing what the youth was doing, Henry quietly said: “Bill, we can all be broken if we stand alone but TOGETHER, we can survive the crushing onslaughts and challenges of life.”

WE DO INDEED NEED ONE ANOTHER!