Building ourself up, elevates our situation; so then we can lift others up.

Though if we go the extra mile, we get stronger from it; if we're down in the dumps or mire, we can make others sink as well.
Some of the greatest motivators, and people who've been inspiring, is because they've learned to push ahead of the crap, that they were once in.
Fair enough 'our mess can be a message', and 'our tests a testimony'; yet we've had to get stronger from it, to share that in a way that elevates another's perspective.