One of the main reasons we climb mountains is the idea that
reaching the top will have us basking in the triumph of having succeeded in
claiming our prize of an awe-inspiring view. Sometimes you find yourself being
the one who encourages others to keep climbing with the goal of standing right
there at the top with you to take beautiful pictures of your success.
What we always neglect to share about our mountain-climbing
endeavours, however, is the trip down. Sure, you were way up there and saw all
those nice things and have a really cool picture. But you still had to climb
all the way down. And we all know the climbing down part is often harder than
getting up there in the first place.
What also struck me is that the climbing down part is so
much shorter than the climbing up part. And we often misinterpret things that
take up less amount of time as being easy.
I suppose that our daily aspirations work in very much the same
way. We run towards things that we think will give us freedom and grant us success.
And we run without hesitation because there is no shame in dreaming big and
aiming high and hoping for the best.
But nobody likes the person who continually drowns his
friends in his abilities and his success. Sure you’re amazing and you've
achieved incredible things. But humbleness is a little piece of success in itself.
This is an outcry.
I am asking you with sincere emotion to carry your success
with a healthy balance of pride and humility. Invest in your friends as equals
who have yet to reach your level of ambition. And encourage them to pursue
their talents.
But be humble doing it.
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