I was fortunate to attend my best friends 18th the other day. (Whoo lucky me hey!!) Anyway what I couldn't help realise is that there are limits to everything.
So we where jamming quite hard and it was one of her favourite bands on, and I was really enjoying myself, the music and the company! So being in a residential area and having a live metal band jolling in your back yard, this will raise some eyebrows.
Long story short cops came shut it down, caused a scene, slapped a guy and I missed the whole damn thing because I decided to go chill by the fire and listen there two minutes before!!!
Why did the cops rock up? Because we where making too much noise? Or was it a possible hazard? I think it was more of the possibility of the party going on till early hours of the morning.
The possibility of it. That's what it was because it was only about 11pm when they rocked up. The possibility scared them. Possibilities scare a lot of people, the possibility of failure more than most...
With me its not the possibility of having a sleepless night but more the possibility of ending up like my father or a failure that scares the living shit out of me and it drives me to succeed. Do we all succeed because of fear? Like the Green Lantern is will power stronger than fear? Or do they work hand in hand?
There are many potential outcomes for any individual. I think its up to us to choose our own way our own path.
I read this article about how schools breed us to fit into certain categories and how they "beat out" the creativity we have as a child. They limit us to certain achievements. Only what they think is kosher.
When I see a baby I think to myself, that right there is limitless potential. He could be the next Cristiano Ronaldo, Barak Obama, Nelson Mandela... He or She could be the next amazing person to lead this world that baby can become whatever as long as it's allowed to reach their potential. Yet limitations are put in place to keep the child in line, possibly hindering the child's potential and not allowing them to be great!
Why does this happen? Because society fears greatness, they fear potential. They feel insecure when they are not in control.
Like the movie Limitless, imagine what could be achieved if you where allowed to live to your full potential.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."-Marianne Williamson
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Happy 18th Birthday Claire:) love you gang!
