My Fears

I am not a dweller

but in order to improve on who we are

we have to be aware of

our weaknesses, faults and FEARS.

So, When I was thinking about this post

I was having a hard time pin-pointing a fear.

Weird.

And after a few minuets of thought as I was picking up this morning,

I had a image come to my head.

A rubber band ball.

The title of the Ball would be

"Brook's fear of not amounting to her Potential"

There are a lot of parts that make up this ball,

and it is a mess.

One fear leads to another, and another to something else,

until finally it all boils down to not amounting to my potential.

A big ball of seemingly related fears that all feed off each other.

I am afraid of offending someone and of confrontation.

So, too often than I should

I stay quiet.

Which means I am not speaking up in times that I should,

thus hindering me from reaching my true potential

and my desire to make a difference in this world.

I am afraid to achieve

because I might make someone feel like

I think I am better than them. Which I DO NOT, at all

I love everyone and everyone has such great gifts to share...We all have so much to learn!

Again, those thoughts keep me from doing things I know I should,

and driving me away from my potential...

Catching on?

So yes, I am afraid of not reaching my true potential...

I think more of us have that fear than we even know.
Plato is quoted,saying
Be Kind; Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
We all are! 

So let's be NICE to each other! and HELP each other!

I know I have the ability to reach my potential,
I know you do too.

I am afraid I am not communicating this clearly... ;)

Here are some good quotes on the subject.

I like quotes.

 

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

  Mark Twain

~ When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be. ~

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure. ~

Stephen R. Covey

~ One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. ~

Maya Angelou

~ The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem. ~

 Mahatma Gandhi

~ Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back. ~

 Princess Diana