By the 80th floor, they had both stopped walking, now they were crawling on their hands and knees. With every bone in his body aching, he clawed his way up one more floor. There before him were the open doors of an elevator. With a weak tired smile, he crawled in and pushed the golden button. The doors closed and he sped to the top of the building and the grand prize.
Life is about getting to the top.
Climbing the spiritual ladder, however, is not so easy. Sometimes it seems that it's just too much. Life is like the down escalator. Just to stay where you are, you have to keep walking. If you stand still, you'll go down.