Following on from my last blog entry on change, let’s look at potential. There can be a range of associated emotions that we feel when the word ‘potential’ is used.
Opportunity, excitement, achievement or pressure, expectation, change
Which category do you fall into? Perhaps it’s a bit of both. For me, the thing that bridges these two perceptions is ‘challenge’
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”
- Marianne Williamson
We are the greatest barriers to accessing our own potential. Overcoming the challenges of opportunity, pressure, passion and expectation require – above all else – belief. Belief that the resources and resilience to rise up either exist within already or will awaken by the process of challenging ourselves to become version of ourselves we wish to be.
It is essential to understand that potential is about you – how you relate to yourself as you are now and who you want to become. It is NOT about weighty expectations of others.
Potential can be as big as your biggest dream or as everyday as watching the sunset while considering the potential of tomorrow…