3 Paths to Reach Your Highest Potential and Remain There

You didn’t come here to play small and then die like it meant nothing at all

1. Be The Most Humble Person You Know

Many people will not reach their full potential and that’s the harsh truth. They can’t reach because of the things they carry that weigh them down. Like ego, pride, and arrogance.

We can become so caught up in the everyday mundanity that it’s easier to continue in old patterns rather than change. Yet, we all have a desire to live to our full potential and become the best versions of ourselves.

All of us feel deep down, ‘There must be more to life than that.” And there is.

There is more to life than that.

We came here for so much more and not just to play small and leave the earth without accomplishing the things we said we were going to do.

We don’t accomplish them because we’re not humble enough to want to keep learning and improving ourselves. We act like we know everything when, in fact, we know nothing at all.

When you can admit you don’t know it all, you’re learning something. When you say you know everything, you hold yourself back from learning new things.

Ego, pride, and arrogance will hold you back from reaching your highest potential. Humility is the fastest way to get there.

In his book, Finding Happiness: Monastic Steps for a Fulfilling Life, Abbot Christopher Jamison defines pride as ‘self-importance’. He wrote, “Humility is an honest approach to the reality of our own lives and acknowledges that we are not more important than other people.’’

No matter where we find ourselves; no matter how much we think we know, we’re not more important than other people. We’re all where we're supposed to be.

When things are going well in life, it is tempting to say, ‘Nothing will ever shake me. I'm unstoppable and unbeatable. I'm better than everyone else. Look at all the things I've achieved.”

It’s easy to become arrogant and boastful when you have all you need, but as fast as you got it, you can lose it all.

When we’re in trouble, it’s other people God sends to help us.

We can be tempted to feel that we have no need for anything else outside of ourselves, but that’s a lie. We need divinity. We need love. We need other people too but we need to be humble to see that.

The most advanced souls are the most humble people you will ever meet.

Humility is a trait that will open the door to the heart of the universe, which is the easiest way to reach your highest potential.

Pride and arrogance will hold you back from learning to reach your highest potential. Humility is the fastest way to get there.

2. Develop Deep, Strong and Healthy Roots

The key to your potential lies in your relationship with the universe you're a part of. You can live a life of real purpose that will make a difference to the world because of what you receive from the universe.

The highs of spiritual awakening are such a thrill that will send you running with the winds and roaring with the oceans, but if they are not combined with deep spiritual roots, there is the danger of shallowness, which can lead to falling and hitting the ground hard or being crushed by the waves.

There is a certain parable about the seed that falls on shallow ground. Though it springs up quickly, it withers because it has no roots. It’s too shallow and therefore doesn’t make it. The person who has no spiritual roots grows fast but lasts only a short time because they fall away when troubles and difficulties arise.

Your spiritual roots are the parts of your life that no one else sees. This includes your thoughts, the things you do when no one is looking, and how you help other people.

If you want to reach your highest potential, you need to develop deep, strong and healthy roots in your spirituality or you’ll be like the seed that falls on shallow ground.

Gain control over your thoughts and emotions, help others on your way to the top and your roots will grow deeper into the earth you’ll always be grounded and supported.

If your roots go deep into the ground, you will grow so much you can reach for the skies.

The highs of spiritual awakening are such a thrill that will send you running with the winds, but if not combined with deep spiritual roots, there is the danger of shallowness, which can lead to falling and hitting the ground hard.

3. Protect Your Heart and Mind

Although there is great potential in each one of us, there are pitfalls and challenges ahead that will try to stop us from reaching that highest potential. So knowing this, how can you avoid the pitfalls and fulfil your potential?

There’s another parable about the seed that fell among thorns. They grew up only to be choked by the thorns. The thorns represent the worries of life and the deceitfulness of wealth.

Your potential is not about being driven by ambition or success; it’s about recognising who you are.

It is so easy for people to be distracted by the busyness of life. We chase after money and wealth, which are all great but if not done with care, leaves us worried all the time.

Many things can fill your life and push out time for the most important things that help you grow your spiritual roots. You must know what’s important.

Your heart and mind play a crucial role in reaching your highest potential. You must protect your heart at all costs because everything you do flows from it. You must not allow anything to crowd your mind and choke your life.

We were created to live a highly productive and fulfilling life. When you give careful thought to the path for your feet; when you choose your thoughts and your words carefully, when you remain humble and open to learning new things, you are destined to produce a crop — a hundred, sixty or thirty times what you’ve sown just like the seed that falls on good ground and grow deep roots. Not even the strongest winds can make it fall.

Note: This article is only meant to provide spiritual guidance and light-hearted content.

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