"We know what we are, but know not what we may be." William Shakespeare said that little gem. I think he is only part way right though. To prove my point, I want to break the quote up into two parts. Here is my thinking:
Although we think we know what we are, it's been my experience that many people don't really know what they are. I have seen good people who have thought they were horrible people, pretty girls who have thought that they had no self worth except for their beauty and ugly girls who thought they were hot. We seem, in many cases, to be our own harshest critics. This is true for me as much for anyone else. It has taken a long time for me to be able to recognize my own good points, and to toss aside the not so good ones I had been defining myself by. This was a lot easier to accomplish once I gave up booze and smoking. Even now, I find that I sometimes focus more on my bad points and trying to work on ways to fix them, than just enjoying the moment and appreciating my good ones. The second part of the quotation seems obvious to me. We don't know what our potential is. And if we don't try, we never will. No one can say what they can or cannot be. When I was younger, I never would have guessed that I would become a black belt. Although I liked karate movies, it never even crossed my mind to take up the sport. In fact, I didn't even know there were places where you could study karate in the states. How naive I was. At any rate. When Madison turned three, we decided that it would be a good idea to stat her in the martial arts so that she would be able to protect herself once she started dating. After watching her do classes for about a year or two, I decided to start taking classes so that I could continue to help her to train as she advanced in her studies. Working from home is another thing I never thought I would be doing. I always thought I would be in a corporate structure. But again, you never know where you might go, or what you may be able to do until you try. Essentially, I have been working from home for the past thirteen years. Amazing! So. Where will you go? And what will you do? Shakespeare says it best, we know some of what we are now, but we do not know what the future holds, and we do not know what we can do until we try to do it. My advice: Never be afraid to try. If you are trying something that will change your entire life, then you are better off starting small, and building on your small successes. You have your entire life to achieve your goals! No need to get them all completed in one day! What you do need to do, however, is to start. If you don't try new things, then you will never know what you can do.
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