Have you ever wondered if there is much more to the person you have always known yourself to be?

Question

How does one fully know the absolute limits to one's potentials?

Care to share?

Answer 1

You can't really know all the limits to your own potential until you try everything. I think sometimes you just have to trust that your potential is much greater than you ever believed it to be. It's something like the leap of faith that you make when you believe in God. (I'm not promoting any religion.) You make a leap of faith in yourself, and when it turns out that your self confidence was entirely justified, you have expanded that realm of faith.
Do you think you can always know how you will react during any given situation? Probably not, though you might have a pretty good idea from your past experiences - for example a near accident on the road or another brush with death.

Answer 2

I used to think that all that was more to me was a true love that I was meant to find and feel.

Now, I see that true love is the beginning potential that begins inside, grows through being, and leads beyond my mental capacity... which is both enchanting and disheartening.

I am not sure if I'll ever know the absolute limits and abilities that are associated with my potential and I have to live with that. It's hard to do that, and I don't want to, except that, sometimes it is for the greater good. I want to further the greater good; beyond talents, that may be my greatest potential.

Answer 3

Many a time, when I thought I've done an exceptionally good job as I got pampered with praises from people, I beamed with pride inside. I danced dreamy-eyed on cloud 9. But as my restless feet touched the ground once more, I got startled at the loopholes magnified before my eyes. I felt there was a part of me that hasn't been suitably utilized. And then I wondered; Couldn't I have performed better if I did what I was really good at? Have I become someone else doing the kind of tasks intended only to meet other people's expectations?
All those times when I marveled at the products of my imagination - those works of art I've secretly given myself credit for,..I was humbled by my small reflection in the eyes of a child. I gazed at the stars and all that fascinating infinity of space...and realized I was just another grain of sand on the vast shore of collective existence.
Within years I thought I have calculated my quantitative self to its denominator;..but strange how uncertain still I am to tell if I am more....or less... than what I thought to be.

Answer 4

the sky is the limits!
I know sound so cliche but its true from about 5-21 I was totally shut down emotionally from emotional abuse (including from now ex-wife) and In learning to feel with my heart again I'm telling you that there is so much more that you are capable of. Naturally everyone has different limits you just maybe never even considered so of the angles you can go at to see what your limits and potentials.


So throughout earlier times of my life, I was the nerd only academic and no confidence, now even in the last 12 months of working to change for the better and seeing where it would take me I'm an adult apprentice plumber, got loads more confidence I'm not in your face though but I can and will get up at a kareoke bar!

BTW I'm still only 22 never too early, never too late, be yourself without fear

Answer 5

I have always known what potentials I have, I found that out when I had my first Child at the age of seventeen, I had a hard labor, that lasted for three days, but I was able to endure it for all those days, and never cried out or asked for help. I can do my Gardening, cut branches from my Trees, hoe and cut my Grass, do all my Housework, Paint my House, and take care of my Grand-kids, whose Mommy works, for a living. I am a fun Loving Person, and loves Music. I am a Lady who is 65 yrs. old.

Answer 6

Yes. That led me to the process of Self realization (Bhakti Yoga) (Krishna Consciousness) and I am so happy to know who I truly am. In a nut shell-
We are not this material body, IE; Race, color, nationality, Religion, mind, intellect, senses, job, etc. We are all eternal spirit souls, part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, also known as Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, etc. We never die, only this mortal body dies.
This material world is not our real home, it is called Maya (illusion) and is temporary and full of misery, only one fourth of the souls come here, and the rest are enjoying blissful eternal loving relationships with our Maker named above. Those who are intelligent, take up the process of self realization (Bhakti Yoga) Which begins with the chanting of the Maha Mantra (The great mantra for deliverance from material suffering and illusion) which gives one real peace, happiness and reality. In this way we can realize our true eternal self beyond the body. Then at the end of life they can return to the eternal Kingdom where there is no more birth, death, old age, or disease and be eternally happy.
For info. Go to harekrishnatemple.com Read Bhagavad Gita- As it is by Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada asitis.com you can read it on line.

Answer 7

The trials you go through in your life will both shape who you are and reveal your utmost inner self to you.

You will recognize things about yourself you always knew at a sub-conscious level as you grow and mature.

Enjoy the journey.

Answer 8

Depend's on what u think ur limits are and if ur potentials equal ur limits but as cute as u are i bet u have some limits and some potentials lol...............Hotti

Answer 9

Of course, I have always considered myself more of a complete person than given in many situations or circumstances.

Answer 10

Inside us all is a potential to sparkle...to fly...to amaze...to reach new zeniths...more than we imagine of ourselves....and it is only evidenced when the Fates of Life test us beyond our known limits....and what seems like a difficult, impossible trial is a doorway through which we ascend into a higher level of competence.....