My potential or Not interested

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
Location
Central NY
I am the least concerned about living up to my potential. How do you gauge your potential best, when your best isn't that great? Potentially, I am happy not at best, because not my best is what I do best most of the time.

Is there room for improvement, potentially speaking, not this old dog
 

I have to try. My kids always ask me, "Why are you doing that? Why do you try so hard?"
But my kids grade me by my chronological age (which is old) and i don't!
Have no interest in being a success but I want to learn and improve as much as I can
while I'm still here. You retain all this after death, for your next life!
Given up listening to my kids. You have to do what you really want to do and try your best
even if it scares the hell out of you! In fact, That's a good reason to do it! IMO!
"Potential or not interested"? I'd call it "Life is either an exciting adventure or it's nothing!"
 
"I coulda been a contender, I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
~ Terry Malloy from On the Waterfront

If I didn't have my antisocial issues and severe insomnia, and some other issues, I could have lived the good life. I did everything I needed to do. It just didn't work out.
 
Gardenlover said:
Everyone dies - I just don't want to die on a daily basis - so live life to the fullest in a way that is meaningful to you and you'll achieve your full potential.
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Everything living achieves it's full potential, unless it is damaged. We are all damaged a bit, so what does "full potential" even mean?

I also think "doing our best" is weird too. Why do feel the need to codify the mystery?
 
It was the consensus amongst my neighbors and others who knew me since childhood that I "did not live up to her (my) potential." I was an insanely high I.Q. kid, and they are and were right, I did not. Oh well, had lots of adventures though. I put striving on the back burner permanently. My mother would call it "resting on her laurels." OK.
 
Irwin said:
"I coulda been a contender, I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
~ Terry Malloy from On the Waterfront

If I didn't have my antisocial issues and severe insomnia, and some other issues, I could have lived the good life. I did everything I needed to do. It just didn't work out.
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You know I am not suggesting you do this but I used to have insomnia. People might think I still do but I don't I just have things to do so i stay up until 3, 4, 5, 6 a.m. and beyond. I found out I had a magnesium deficiency and zinc too, When I sleep now, I sleep like a baby and so much more relaxed. I take B complex and vitamin C time release and several more. For sleep I sometimes use passion flower, California poppy, willow bark, Ghost pipe and wild lettuce. Works for me exceptionally well. Check with and herbalist and your doctor. Best of luck, :)
Mr. Ed said:
I am the least concerned about living up to my potential. How do you gauge your potential best, when your best isn't that great? Potentially, I am happy not at best, because not my best is what I do best most of the time.

Is there room for improvement, potentially speaking, not this old dog
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I am certain there a lot of people in the same boat. Sometimes our own opinion of our best is not necessarily perceived that way by others. I don't think I am so great but some others think I am better than fine. Who says we have to or want to live up to someone's expectations of what "best" is? Love yourself for who you are. You have made a long journey and have been through things others will never know. The end result may not be perfection in your eyes but it may be in the eyes of those who care and love you. I am sure there are a lot of people on this forum who think you are pretty great just as you are. ❤️ :love:
 
Irwin said:
"I coulda been a contender, I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
~ Terry Malloy from On the Waterfront

If I didn't have my antisocial issues and severe insomnia, and some other issues, I could have lived the good life. I did everything I needed to do. It just didn't work out.
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You can't be that antisocial if you are on this forum. Give yourself a break. No one is perfect. Just enjoy your life and love who you are. Please remember there are lots of us on this forum who care about you. Only 8% of the population reaches their potential to go on to do what they expect of themselves or reach their goals. You are in fine company my friend. :)
 
IFortuna said:
You can't be that antisocial if you are on this forum. Give yourself a break. No one is perfect. Just enjoy your life and love who you are. Please remember there are lots of us on this forum who care about you. Only 8% of the population reaches their potential to go on to do what they expect of themselves or reach their goals. You are in fine company my friend. :)
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I'm a lot better now than I was back then, some 20 years ago. Part of it, or probably most of it, is due to the fact that I'm sleeping a lot better now, but back then, I was miserable. I was only sleeping one or two hours a night. I was exhausted and suffering from sleep depravation.
 
My best varies by time and circumstance, one best cannot be accurately compared to another best, therefore, impossible to gauge.
(I am happy not at best, because not my best is what I do best most of the time) This is sarcasm by utilizing the word best 3 times in a single sentence)

Regardless what people may say, everyone lives to his/her all of the time. It's what we choose to do and if that is not what other people determine best in their eyes, then our best will never be up to their standards, so why be miserable living in the shadow of another person's standards?

Standards of religiosity, social standards, poverty standards, class standards, racial standards, academic standards and so on, everyone has standards, and everyone discriminates.
 
Mr. Ed said:
I am the least concerned about living up to my potential. How do you gauge your potential best, when your best isn't that great? Potentially, I am happy not at best, because not my best is what I do best most of the time.

Is there room for improvement, potentially speaking, not this old dog
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I would have said this anyway, but even more so now:

If YOU believe there's something about yourself or your life that you should improve, fix, change, etc., by all means go for it.
However, if YOU are o.k. with yourself and your life, brush off all of that 'self-improvement,' etc., stuff and focus on LIVING THIS DAY.

Because: "Tomorrow" is not guaranteed.
It's one thing to know this on a logical, rational level, but there's a much deeper impact when it hits too close. When my friend died recently, he was only 47 years old.
 

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