the journey

"Once, there was a man who was walking down the street and fell into one of those open-sewer holes. A pharmacist walked by, saw him there, and wrote him a prescription and threw it down to him. A priest walked by, heard him down there, took out some paper, and wrote him a prayer, and tossed it in the hole. Finally, a friend walked by, saw the man and jumped into the hole with him. The man exclaimed, 'Are you insane?! Now we're BOTH stuck in here.' The friend answered, 'Yes, but the difference is, I've been down here before, and I know the way out.' " Quote from theThe West Wing