Actualizing Your Personal Potential

“Why can’t you be more like Joey? He’s always getting straight A’s and never gets into trouble.” Does this sound like a memory from the past? Do you ever recall yourself looking up to a sibling, a neighbor, a friend. The perfect one, the successful one, the gorgeous one. And there you were, just you. Now as an adult, you look at your colleague, your boss, the model plastered on every billboard you pass or the actor laughing in every movie you watch. If only I could be like…

Kabbalah teaches that after a person dies they are brought before the Heavenly Court. Never once are they asked, “Why weren’t you like this famous person or this Nobel Peace Prize winner. A person is only asked, “Why weren’t you more like you?” “Why didn’t you do everything you could to realize your own potential?” We are never judged according to what others do or did therefore there is no point comparing ourselves to others. We are only held accountable for our own actions and for the effort that we exert in order to fulfill our personal mission in life and self-potential. Life is short and there is no time to waste. Ask yourself, “Am I being the best that I can be? Am I fulfilling my potential?”