Problems of "Potential"

The problem with Potential is the same problem with Good Intentions.
They haven't happened, and one cannot be sure they will.

You're said to have it, then something happens which legitimately delays you fulfilling it.
Then you move on, and are again said to have it, then something else happens which again legitimately delays the Fulfillment. And it happens again. And again.

It's enough to make you wonder if Potential is really what it means.
It's enough to make you wonder if you will ever do anything worthwhile in this lifetime.
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i missed last sunday's sermon.
i fully INTENDED to be there, and on time too.
But i wasn't there.
*smacks myself on the head*

heard it was a good one.
the kind i'd feel for, the kind that spurs me, the kind that might just light my fire and send me on a social reform frenzy again.

but i missed it.
and it's not on the website.

dang.