Dear friend,
I sometimes feel obsessed with potential.
You know the feeling, right? It’s like you want to jump out of your own skin. Your mind starts creating all these insanely positive scenarios, one after another, and suddenly you get this burst of joy so strong that you almost feel like you can levitate.
Wild, I know.
I find the whole thing fascinating.
Over the course of my tech life, and especially over the last decade between Croatia and the Bay Area, I’ve been surrounded by some incredibly smart people with no shortage of ideas.
And every now and then, a few ideas start converging at the same time. One conversation connects to another. One possibility opens up another. One introduction creates a completely new path.
And then boom.
Potential bomb!
You start seeing all these possible futures. Some of them might happen. Most of them probably won’t. But just the possibility itself can send you flying.
And to be fair, I think there is something beautiful about that.
When you allow yourself to imagine bigger, the playing field gets bigger too. Your mind starts accepting possibilities that were not even on the table before. Even if only a small part of it happens, you are already moving in a wider field than before.
I love that feeling.
But I also know I need to be careful with it.
Because potential can be fuel, but it can also become a fantasy.
What’s the difference between a real opportunity and just “potential-vibing”? Is that a term!? Can we use it from now on!? 😀
Anyway, what’s the difference between vision and delusion?
I don’t think the answer comes when you’re flying.
It comes when you sit back down.
And that’s where presence comes in.
You have to sit still, without distractions, and ask yourself: what part of this potential actually matters to me?
What part of it connects to my true desires?
It’s super easy to get high on possibility, but it’s much harder to be honest about what you actually want.
That’s why I think potential needs presence.
One Line to Carry With You
Potential can lift you. Presence keeps you grounded.
Truly yours, this moment.
Armando