The First Eternal Principle

Faith is the greatest, most essential ingredient to filling our needs.  Of course, remaining in existence is prerequisite to filling our needs. 

Because we are all children of God, we share some of the same matter.  Because we share some of the same matter, we are inseparably connected.  Because we are inseparably connected, one of our own needs is to meet the needs of others.  When we meet others' needs, we are meeting some of our needs.  When we meet our needs, we are meeting some of the needs of others.  It is an endless, synergistic circle.  The Glory of God is beyond scale.  What is the end of an endless, synergistic cyclone? (1)

Therefore, faith in ourselves is, in a measure, faith in others, and vice-versa.  When we do not have the faith to try and meet the needs of others, we cannot honestly believe that our own needs will be met. Our own needs are what generate the desire for faith in others, which faith acts like a thousand outstretched hands calling them home. Losing faith in others means we stop believing that all of our needs can be met.  

In speaking of "practical spirituality" Marshall Rosenberg suggests that the meeting of needs is love.  I love you by meeting your needs.  And because meeting your needs meets mine, it can rightly be said that "no love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity." - Neal A. Maxwell

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1 Ether 12:3 "by faith all things are fulfilled"