05/07/2019
Understanding Your Unique Potentials.
Some of the best times I had while growing up were the times I spent with my grand mom. In fact, I spent the first early years of life with my granny in the village.
And those were very memorable years because I was opportune to learn so many things from her. One of the things I learnt from her was planting.
My granny was so fond of planting fruits. This she does consistently at the farm and around the house environment. Most times as I carry the plate of seeds behind her, I will watch her with keen interest as she digs the earth, throw those tiny seeds into the earth and then covers them.
And afterward, I will give myself the assignment of always going to check on those seeds to know ‘how far.’
In most cases, if any of those seeds did not meet up to expectations, just know that it is my handiwork.
Because as I go for such inspections, sometimes I will be so inquisitive to know the growth process of those seeds that I will have to dig some out to see if there is any improvement, before putting them back to the earth. As a result, some of them never survived my romance with them.
But majority of those seeds, especially those that escaped my inspection, germinated and later became full grown trees with many fruits. And in each of those fruits are many other seeds that have the capacity to produce many other trees. It was such an amazing experience for my young mind then.
So in no long time, we were blessed with many fruit bearing trees, ranging from oranges to mangoes, guavas and the likes. I soon became the envy of my friends and peers, especially during the season of those fruits.
It was not long before I started practicing to plant my own fruits too. But do you know what? I can’t remember any of my seeds that grew into trees. You should know the reason by now.
While uprooting my granny’s seeds for inspection, I will be very careful not to be caught. So when it comes to the ones I planted myself, na who wan catch me? I always did whatever I like with them. After all, na me plant them.
But the result was that they never germinated due to too much disturbance. I used to be so frustrated with that outcome.
As I grew older and began to study and understand potentials, I came to the realization of what actually happened to those little seeds. As little as they were, they had the potentials to become trees. Those potentials are inbuilt in them and given under some conditions, they will definitely manifest into trees.
That is the same thing with every other creations of God. God created everything with potentials. They all have the potential to become much bigger than what they presently are, given the right conditions.
It is even more amazing when it comes to humans. That seemingly inconsequential reproductive seeds of humans called s***m and egg has the potential of becoming a full grown man or woman.
It amazes me whenever I imagine that human beings, no matter how huge or robust, are all product of some tiny fluid and egg. That is the power of potential!
Now, here is even the most interesting part. Inside those reproductive seeds are other potentials that God has blessed humans with. These potentials are supposed to be the very core of our existence.
In other words, if discovered and maximized, our life is supposed to be defined by these potentials. The good news is that these potentials are inherent in every human being and they are very key to our greatness and impact in life.
So what is potential?
According Myles Munroe of blessed memory, potential is an unexposed ability, reserved power, untapped strength, capped capabilities, unused success, dormant gifts, hidden talents and latent power.
In a nut shell, your potential is what you can do or accomplish that you have not yet done or accomplished. It is the sum of who you are that you have not yet manifest. And in most cases, there are different potentials that are unique to these seeds.
Hence, these potentials are unique to individuals brought forth by these seeds. This is to simply say that every human being is blessed with unique potentials.
In my next post I am going to show you why it is very important for you to discover your own unique potentials and run with them in life.
So who else had the same or similar childhood experience like me? Let me know.
John Idris
Self-Discovery/Talent Mastery Coach
