Reminds me of the old joke where the body parts are all arguing which of them is the most important. One of the least presentable of the body parts decides to shut down, thereby gradually causing all the others to shut down....
You could preach a sermon on a joke like that!
When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes The Rose.