HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF THE KEYSTONE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?
The keystone is the top center stone of and arch and without that stone the whole arch would cave in. It needs that keystone to hold the arch upright, strong and stable. Without the keystone firmly in place the arch will collapse into just a pile of rocks. Every strong structure has a keystone that holds it up strong and steady. Should that keystone be removed the door into the building will collapse.
In many ways some people are like keystones. They hold together groups or organizations and if they are removed for what ever reason the group will fold. We had a residents council in my neighborhood it was ran by a woman named Debbie Ermlick. She was a very strong and driven woman, someone which everyone looked up to. Her will was so strong her drive so straight whatever she wanted she would make happen. She was the keystone of the residents council. When the day came that Debbie walked away from the council, it collapsed in less them a year. Those that took it over did not have what it took to keep it going.
I have seen this happen many times in many ways. When that one person that has made an organization great walks away from it the organization does not last long. Soon everything they key person had worked so hard for is laying in rubble. Many do not realize their value till it is too late. They do not realize what they meant to others, and how others leaned on them when they were not strong.
