The principle of the ladder

I WOULD like to offer encouragement to all Papua New Guineans like others do through this paper.
In spite of the distance between the ends, the foot and the top of a standard ladder are always at the same level when not in use and resting flat on ground. At that instance, the top and the bottom ends of the ladder are at the same level. Zero altitude. Equal. No difference level-wise.
Everybody is born into this world to climb their life’s ladder. From the same level. Same starting line.
The ladder has fasteners holding together the stringers and rungs. These are akin to our talents, abilities, capabilities, qualifications, opportunities, determination and dreams.
These hold us up in our quest.
Whether one leaves one’s ladder lying where it is or pick it up is entirely one’s own choice.
To use the ladder for its intended purpose, it has to be picked up and stood the right way up.
It has to be owned. In its proper application, the top is hoisted many levels higher. The bottom remains where it was.
We start at the bottom and to the top is where we need to go. So we set up our own ladder for the climb.
Now, everyone’s ladder always leans against the walls of the systems of this world – all laws, governments, powerful powerbrokers, corporations, businesses, institutions, religion, money, lifestyle, environment, etc.
No ladder is vertically upright or self-supporting. No rolled ladders should be expected to hang down from above either. Leaning our ladder on peers is just not recommendable.
It is wise not to push others off their ladders as well.

Gokata