It has been said that the people you meet on your way up are those you meet on your way down. It is the valley that makes the mountain look high and it is the mountain that makes the valley seem deep. The relevance of balance is not to be understated in testaments of success. We are supposed to be our brothers’ (and sisters’) keeper. We are supposed to be connected by our humanity. But mountains have risen out of our lack of attention to such issues but we cannot let this go out of hand. The Everest I constantly climb is to remain a personal resource to people who need an upward pull in life. When people fall, I think, it is the duty of those who stand to help them up. I do not appreciate it when the media celebrates a person’s fall, or mistakes. As an upwardly-mobile individual, I find it my responsibility to assist and enable those behind me. For there are people so far down that their own efforts achieve nothing; such people need the pull out of the abyss of existence. I am not a financial resource to my social circle but I am their go-to person when they need information, encouragement, and insight. I am humbled by the role I play in other people’s lives. It is sacred. I only want to be able to assist people to reach their goals in life. I believe that cooperation can take us further, as a people, than competition (which is essential for personal growth, though). I intend to use whatever success I achieve to create more mountain-climbers. It is the solemn obligation of those who reach the pinnacle to throw a rope to those on their way up. I believe in creating societies of winners where no determined soul is left behind. True champions leave legacies of lives they helped out. We are in this world not for what it gives us but for what we give back.