potential

Potential is inherent in everything and everyone. 

It is a very admirable thing to be able to see the potential in people and in things. 

After all, It us the underlying truth of who we are. We are potential energy. 

The problem sets in when we decide to commit to a relationship 

with someone based on potential.

When we first meet someone, many of us make the mistake of seeing what they could be instead of what they are and so, in the beginning when our focus is purely positive 

towards them, we are happy with them.

 We are happy when we are still banking on them becoming 

what we actually want them to be. 

We look forward to our future with them. 

The relationship feels like it is full of promise. 

And the promise of a better future makes our current lives more enjoyable to live. But eventually, we begin to notice where we are instead of where we want to be. 

We notice who they are instead of who we want them to be. 

Our illusion is shattered.

Fall in love with what is, not what could be. 

This doesn’t make you a person of little faith. 

You can still have faith in someone;

 just don’t base your decision to be in a relationship with someone off of faith. 

Because if you do, you don’t really love them, you love what they could be. 

You have fallen in love with an illusion. 

You have fallen in love with something that does not exist. 

All that truly exists is now. The past does not exist and the future does not exist. 

Eventually, you will find yourself in the now and all you will see relative to your partner, 

is the lack of what you want them to be.

Teal Swan