The Hidden Power of Your Potential
Discovering the Greatness Within
We live in a world that seems obsessed with celebrity. We follow every word and gesture of countless actors, athletes and people whose main claim to fame is – fame! This doesn’t imply in any way that there aren’t some incredibly talented individuals out there. The world produces an astonishing crop of gifted and dedicated performers that certainly enrich our cultural landscape.
But not every celebrity is making a positive contribution to the arena of human accomplishment!
You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
- #Zig Ziglar
For many individuals, being a celebrity seems to be their prime goal in life, regardless of whether they possess the talent or training that would make their careers worthwhile in any meaningful way. It certainly seems strange but there really appears to be an inexhaustible appetite in the world today for celebrities. But are these the kinds of examples that we truly wish to follow? Do these quaintly superficial representatives of our modern culture really serve as helpful models for exploring our real potential?
It’s an intriguing question because we’ve been conditioned to associate greatness with wealth and power. We’re programmed to seek acceptance through contacts on social media. Social prominence is equated with success. We follow the photo-shopped images and carefully prepared sound bites as if they represent reality. And this is where the seeds of delusion find fertile ground to flourish.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
- #Wilma Rudolph
So, if we’ve been led a little astray by this obsession with the superficial, where can we hope to find the shimmering power of greatness that leads to a better expression of our true potential?
The answer, as you might suspect, lies within ourselves.
In some ways, one of the great challenges of our existence is to discover the uncharted territory that lies within our own hearts. It’s undoubtedly one of the most rewarding experiences that a human being can encounter. This is the supreme quest for the greatness within ourselves. Encountering this inner sense of greatness is a moment of sublime revelation and one of the cornerstones of our evolution and self-expression.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
- #Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The pathway to the discovery of this inner sense of true greatness may not always be smooth and straightforward. But the revelation of this beautiful aspect of human potential is most surely a moment of personal transformation. Once touched, once recognised, once accepted, it cannot be undone or unlearned. It’s a stepping stone to a different perspective. It’s a gateway to a new way of seeing the world and the way that we fit into it. It’s been described as one of the most powerfully liberating discoveries we can make in this life. It’s often described as a place where the ego no longer prevails. It resembles the completed and fulfilled potential of who we really are. It dwells beneath the surface of the roles we’ve learned to play. It’s an oasis of inner calm and consistency that resists the tides of events that swirl around us. It’s an anchor of peace and sanity in a tumultuous world.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
- #Mahatma Gandhi
Yet the discovery of this inner expression of greatness does not set you apart from everyone else. On the contrary. At the moment that you experience the warmth and light and power of your own true greatness, you are immediately struck by the fact that this very same greatness is also in every human heart. In recognising the wonder of your greatness, you acknowledge the greatness that resides within all others. It’s one of the most powerful insights we can experience and it reveals the deep connections that we all share as human beings on the great pathway of life.
Take a moment to relax and reflect on the greatness within you. See if you can detect something that lies beyond the limitations and demands of your ego. Let its unmistakable presence light up your life so that you may share it wherever you go.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- #Khalil Gibran
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