Penny for Your Thoughts - It's All Inside

"I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone" (TC)

Unlock your potential -
think outside the 20% box.

Therapists and counselors will unanimously tell you (that's a scientific statement, by the way) that one of the most destructive mindsets that causes incalculable damage from unhappiness and oftentimes depression is the lack of confidence and low self-esteem. Chances are that if a person does not feel or think that he can succeed, he won't. However, if we were to truly understand the vast, G-D given potential we have all been provided, we would surely believe more in ourselves and the achievements that are within our reach.

Scientists have determined (a real scientific statement) that humans only use approximately 20% of our brain capacity. This leaves us with two questions: how do we access the remaining 80% and if we can only use the 20%, why create the other 80% to begin with?
Perhaps, the intention was not to utilize the remaining 80% at all, rather to serve an entirely different purpose - a message. Our 20% functioning was designed for us to internalize the lesson of how much more potential we truly possess. 

It is an undisputed fact that we are created with limitations, and our brains' capabilities is a clear case in point. Yet, this should not deter us in our efforts to achieve in life. Quite the opposite. It should remind us that regardless of the limitations, the overwhelming potential that remains dormant is far greater. And although we may not be able to tap into that wealth of potential, the message is that we always have more to offer. More strength and more ability.
Potential is all around us. In nature. In life. In us.

Say to yourself ten times today:
"Hashem, please give me the courage to see the talent You graciously gave me - and use it wisely!"