Charcoal briquettes

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.

It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Look at charcoal gathered together in a barbecue as a metaphor for the importance of working each others.

When the charcoal briquettes are gathered together they produce more intense heat, and the charcoals are red hot.

If you separate one charcoal from the rest, it quickly cools.

Of course, you can fan the single charcoal to maintain the heat, but it would take tremendous effort just to come close to the level of heat it had before you separated it from the other charcoal.

Now put the same charcoal back in the middle of the coals again, and you will notice it will quickly regain the red-hot glow without much effort.

Similarly, we would do better when working with others effectively than trying to do everything alone.