You were born as a miracle and inside of you, you possess the greatest gift which you can give mankind-you’re potential. As Bob Proctor has said, when a person dies, the loss is not so much the loss of the body but the loss of the potential they could have shared with others.
Og Mandino says in his book, “The Greatest Miracle”, that our potential is the miracle that is bestowed upon each of us by our creator. Whatever your beliefs, you must believe that you have a unique potential that distinguishes you from everyone else. The greatest tragedy is the loss of your potential. Why? Because without you no one would know the beautiful and special and unique world that you bring to others.
There are only two ways in which we can lose the gift of our potential-if we do not discover it and cultivate it and when we die. In either case it is a loss to humankind. You may be thinking that these are grandiose words and ideas and that you do not live in that part of the world. That thinking couldn’t be farther from the truth. The truth is that there is amazing potential in the world all around us in the people who walk by us daily. All around us there are people who live extraordinary lives yet we don’t hear or read about most of them. The potential I am speaking of has nothing to do with position, or wealth, or power or even what we perceive as success. Who you are and what you represent and how you serve other people on this planet is the greatest gift of your potential. Who you are is your identity and what you identify with. Who you are is a composite of all of the wondrous gifts and potential and abilities of the countless generations of miracles in your DNA. Imagine the artists, the musicians, the writers, athletes, educators and lovers before you who are part of your heritage. Just the fact that we can think this way makes us a unique species far different from all others in the history of the earth. Your children’s perspective will be that much more.
One of the reasons I enjoy writing about people and writing their stories is that it gives me an opportunity to possibly see the wonder and beauty and potential that is within all of us. Then, my purpose is to accept what they give me, embrace it, try to understand them, and to share this wonder with others. When we engage another person, we are sharing a moment which is immeasurable. However long or short this moment may be, should we accept it and embrace it, afterwards we shall never be the same again.