Unleash Your Potential

Life is a gift to cherish. You are put on this earth to fulfill one major purpose, a mission, if you like. If you do hundreds of things but fail to do the one thing you were sent to do, you will not fulfill your purpose in life. You are unique and blessed with a great gift with which you can accomplish your mission in life. If you fail to find your mission and your gift, you will not succeed in unleashing your full potential.

One way to discover your mission is to imagine that you have won a 20-million-dollar lottery. Ask yourself where you would spend your time or what kind of work you would do.

Another way is to imagine being on your deathbed. Ask yourself what regrets you would have. This type of thinking can tell you where you need to spend your time and what kind of work you need to do to unleash your potential.

When you live in the present, you are able to capitalize on the opportunities of the moment. If you carry with you the baggage of the past or the burden of the future, you let a lot of your energies go to waste. Remember, your past baggage - the past hurts and losses - is gone forever. Your future is unfolding with each moment. To unleash your potential you have to focus on each moment before you; you must live every day as if it were your last day. In this way your life expands and flourishes. Every day becomes an eternity, every minute precious and energizing.

-- Azim Jamal [via Laila@TheGreatSecret, 3/24/07]