[NYer]

As one poster astutely noted:

So while it is good, very good, to pray and seek the intercession of St. Michael, etc., and seek grace, etc., we should not go so far as to abdicate our own responsibility and say, “it’s God’s problem to fix.” We should not simply sit around bemoaning, “God, God, why won’t you do something?” but should go out there and do the job ourselves.

[abb]

From a years-old National Geographic article about the hardy folks that populate the Appalachians:

“Need a helping hand? Look on the end of your arm.”