Friday, March 4, 2016

Unlimited potential


From a spiritual perspective one could argue that there is unlimited potential all around us, and that therefore we too have unlimited potential.

It is something that perhaps can best be seen when we look at nature. When any area is left to its own devices, nature takes over. Even a plain concrete slab will eventually get cracked, and before you know it, plants, even trees are growing from those cracks.
So if we, as humanity, are part of nature ~ then chances are that we too have the unlimited potential to thrive in the most unlikely places or circumstances. Not just surviving, not just getting by; thriving!
Unfolding the unlimited aspects of ourselves that we have not brought out of ourselves yet. Choosing new avenues, chasing new dreams, and being successful at it beyond our wildest expectations.

So what is holding us back?

Chances are the things that keep us from discovering and unfolding our unlimited potential are along these lines:
We have a family, a home, a car, a job, there is simply no time to do something different.
We can have our dreams, but we should not expect them to pay the bills; be reasonable!
We don’t have the money to choose new avenues and chase our dreams.
We don’t have the necessary skills, aptitudes, background, etc.
And finally, what is it doesn’t work out?

In other words, let’s not start something new, chase our dreams, follow our heart’s desires because from a reasonable, logical perspective they are unlikely to move us forward. It may even set us back, land us on hard times. And then what is going to happen to me? To my life?
All of the things that let us decide against striking out to discover our unlimited potential have to do with a fear for our livelihood; a fear for ourselves.

So we settle for ‘comfortable’, and ‘reasonable’.
And if that is our conscious choice, then there is nothing wrong with that!

But what if?
What if taking a chance and changing the direction of our lives will show us ‘superpowers’ we never suspected we had? What if we have skills and aptitudes we never think about using? What if we have talents we never discover?

What is we let our unlimited potential go to waste, for the simple reason we dare not tap into it?

Let’s get out of our comfort-zone which is all too often defined by the things ‘we cannot’ or ‘we have not’, and lets venture out and discover something new about our very own unlimited potential.
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