One day a church was built in a small town. All the residents of the city walked and admired the beauty of this church.
But at the top, in the roof boards, one small nail heard all the admiration, praise and talk about the church.
He heard that people praised all parts of the church, but said nothing about him. They talked about all parts of the church: they talked about the arches, about the cross, about the bell tower, they talked about everything... But no one said a word about the nail...
“If I’m so insignificant, then no one needs me,” thought the nail and jumped out of the wood to which it was nailed.
It was raining heavily that night when he learned of his indecency and jumped out of the trees. In the place where there was no longer a nail, the tiles began to move apart, and water began to penetrate through the resulting holes.
The whole church was filled with water. The paint was gone from the walls, the Bible was damaged by water, and all the beautiful mosaics were washed away.
This is what happens... because of one nail, everything collapses.
Even though many people don’t praise us, even though we are not famous, we are all important.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru