who are you wearing your black belt for?

I remember back in June of 2000, I was so proud to have been awarded my Black Belt, even if now my old instructor and I have parted ways with a not so favorable view of each other. But as my boss would say "that's neither here nor there."
I remember looking at that belt that night and thinking, "wow, I did it." It's something that I have been striving for and working for, for five years, actually six but I took a year off after my brown belt test, and I finally did it.
Now it's 2011 and I have my own studio with my own students and I have the responsiblity of teaching these people, men , women, and kids, how to defend themself.
My point, I guess in all this is, back in june I got my black belt for me, now... I realize I need it for my students.
So you won't see me lifting myself up in status, but you will read of me lifting my students up, because without them, there wouldn't be a need for a black belt to instruct them.