It all starts with a spark of potential.  Follow the innate callings and abilities we have.  Learn to shed the weight of what others told us we had to be and the way things have been done for centuries.  It’s time to do something new.  It’s time to make something worthwhile.  It’s time to shift the focus onto something better for us so we can ignite who we are.  It all starts with a spark.  We know what that spark feels like.  It’s the subtle voice that says this isn’t what I want to be doing.  Then it’s the slightly louder voice saying I think x would be fun.  Or What if this is possible?  Wouldn’t it be cool if x?  It’s the curious thought or that hunch we just can’t put away.  Quite frankly, it’s that nagging thing that just won’t go away every time we think about what we have to do but would rather be doing something else.  Then we take a step toward it and it develops into something more. 

Potential is energy stored for use and it’s our choice on how to spend it.  Yes, we can ignore it but a few things could happen when we choose to pretend we don’t hear our calling.  1. We could become like the spring loaded hopping toys that just kind of fizzle and fall over. 2.  We constantly feel like we are missing something and carry resentment and may not acknowledge why. 3. We always know we should have been doing something else or that we could have done more.  On the other hand when we start tapping into our potential, we see things open up.  We feel differently about ourselves and we see possibilities that we may not have before.  In using that potential we learn 1. How to use it effectively and how to continue to regenerate it into actual momentum. 2. How to expand ourselves into something more.  3. The fire growing into new ideas.

When we allow ourselves to get curious, we see things differently because we no longer operate in the narrow parameters set for us.  The walls we’ve so carefully created begin to fall away and we become this conduit for creativity of a different kind.  Instead of using that energy to continue the cycle, we break free and start to create a new way.  And here’s the secret: every single one of us has that potential in us.  Every single one of us is meant to shine our light and that means listening to that voice inside that tells us there is something else, that there are other possibilities.  It can be intimidating to take the helm of something new, but each of us is more than capable of guiding what is already meant for us.  Don’t be afraid of potential, learn to work with it, be grateful for it, find a way to honor it and see what it can do and where it leads.  It’s just the beginning.