No, I didn't do something that screwed up my life.
No, I'm not depressed.
No, I don't want to hurt little children and/or fuzzy animals.
No, I do not think I'm worthless.
Yes, the title does pertain to me.
One of the many quotes on my facebook page is "Potential is worthless unless it is also paired with character." Pretty nifty quote, if I do say so myself, which I do because I came up with the dang thing on my own. I may not have been the first, but I did think of it. On my own. No help. And like everything awesome, it deserves a background story.
It was Jace's recommendation that we have a date night since we had. . . skipped the pleasantries of dating and all that. So in the morning I met her with a page of reasons why I liked her, handwritten. I think one word covered half the page. "Potential". Potential to be so many things that really don't need to be listed again. It's not really that she was the only one I saw potential in, but I am entranced with potential. It's amazing how many people I meet that just seem to brim over with potential. It's absolutely amazing, and I love it. At the same time, I see these people with potential, and for the most part after some time of thought, I come to the conclusion that the potential is wasted. Why?
Because they have not sufficient character to feed the potential as it grows to its fullness.
Ultimately, yes I broke up with Jace because I felt led to. But I was probably more likely to go along with the idea because I had determined that I didn't like the way she was using her potential, so I had basically given up on her. Whether or not its fair to say she had wasted her potential is besides the point because it is now past. I did what I did and I can no longer change it. If I could change the past, believe me, I would start elsewhere.
Every human being has immense potential. It's the equalizer we're born with, or so I would have you believe for the duration of this post at the very least. I, being a human being, would fit into the category of those born with immense potential.
The question then becomes, do I waste the potential, or does my character feed it enough to where it can grow to its fullness?
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