Potential is a strange thing.
The distance between who you are and who you, or others, believe you could be.
It is the idea of a future that has not happened yet.
A version of yourself that could exist.
Sometimes, I am afraid I am not living up to mine.
Someone more confident, more creative, more disciplined.
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Potential is usually spoken about as something positive.
But sometimes it feels like a constant reminder that you are not there yet.
Potential stops being a possibility and becomes an expectation.
But maybe potential is not a person waiting for you in the future.
Maybe it changes with you.
With your interests.
Your energy.
Your circumstances.
Your understanding of what a good life means.
Maybe the goal is not to close the distance completely.
Maybe it is simply to take one small step toward a life that feels more like yours.