AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING
If you think relying on others is shaky, trying doing it all yourself!
Better than either of these, others or yourself is exclusive reliance on the Creator- God who made others, you, me, eternity, infinity, all else!
Anyone or anything that is relied upon than the Source of all is vain, wasteful, idolatrous . "Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby. Nothing like the real thing," sang Tammy, Marvin; Aretha, others, you and I!