You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life. At some point, you have to unleash your potential and make your move. Ask yourself what is holding you back? Maybe it isn’t the person you are, but the person you think you aren’t.
Ask yourself if you are really living or just existing? We tend to choose to exist because it’s safer. Really living requires courage and a vulnerability that is just plain scary to most of us.
Why don’t we live like we’re dying? (Spoiler alert – we are all dying.) We are perishable items and our time here is limited. Yet we forget that and fall into our daily patterns and routines. We stay inside our lanes, just looking ahead to what comes next. We go onto autopilot chasing all the wrong things for all the wrong reasons. And chasing the wrong things and staying within the lanes of what society says we should do is not living.
You are here for a reason. And it’s not to live a monotonous life. Or a life filled with fear and worry. You were created to be victorious.
When fear overwhelms us, it paralyzes us. If we going to fear anything, it should be the idea of being in the exact same place as we are today. In our busy world, with all of its constant distractions, it is easy to lose sight of what we have been called to do.
If you are struggling with unleashing your full potential, sometimes asking yourself these questions can help you remember who you are and what you want.
- What did you love doing as a child?
- What are your happiest memories growing up?
- What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
- What makes you forget to eat?
- What are you willing to stand up for?
- What are you willing to struggle for?
- What makes you forget about the world around you?
- What thoughts provoke strong emotions in your heart?
- What kinds of conversations do you have with the people closest to you?
- What do you feel passionate about?
- If you didn’t have to work a regular job, what would you do with your time?
- What’s on your bucket list?
- If you knew you only had one year to live, what would you do?
- How do you want to be remembered?
