Tyranny of the Potential
Living up to your potential. What, if any, obligation do we have to our potential? Which potential? The one where you become a professional tennis player, or the one where you are the CEO of the largest company on the planet, maybe its the one where you solve the Theory of Everything? Who pays the price to get there? Is there any a price which makes the potential unbearable? the sacrifice of time with loved ones? the moments with my pets? the times I just... stare at the wall? Does this potential care about the trail of blood and bones that litter the path on its blind pursuit of glory? ... Is your potential better than you? A sense of inferiority to a figment of the imagination? Since when does the imaginary have more value than what Is? Do you have an obligation to anyone? Every choice has led you here. Glitter sparkles bright and captures the attention. That which is eternal, is always within reach. Have you been blinded by the Glitter? Eyes are not needed to see the eter...