The Analogy of the Hills

The hills of life serve as the highpoint
They are the place from which progress can viewed
Or from which inevitability can be surveyed
If I spend my life fulfilling others and rendering service
The hills show me from whence I ascended

If I spend my time complaining and plotting
The hills show me my bitter destiny
The top is good when you worked to arrive there
It holds the inevitable and unenviable fate
For those who were placed there

The first shall be last and the last shall be first
Such philosophy means nothing to nobility
Whether such status be true or imagined
But to the one who starts the race light-years behind
To reach the hilltop only places out of the reach of humanity
And takes them closer to God