When someone says you have potential, they are saying you are holding something back. Or something is holding you back. Much can stand in the way of the possible and the actual.
Potential is a haunting thing. It means we aren't living up to something we are capable of. All of us hold some degree of potential. We are all holding back something or being held back by something. Some are holding back or being held back by a lot more than others.
The question is not "Do I have potential?" but "What is keeping me from living up to my potential?"
Those are the things that keep us from being all we were created to be. They are also the same things that we prefer to avoid at all costs.
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