Once the Rebbe Maharash was walking and he saw two people felling a tree – a large two person saw was held, with one person on the bottom sawing and the person on the top positioning – “which person has the more important role?” he enquired – they said “the more strenuous role is the person on the bottom but without the person on the top, all the effort in the world is meaningless” – “true” he said referring to God