Motivational Moment (12_70)

Quote of the day:

“Adventure isn’t hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life, facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown, and in the process, discovering our own unique potential.” — John Amatt

Consider:

Itaipu Dam, on a stretch of the Paraná River that forms the boundary between Brazil and Paraguay, is the world's largest operational hydroelectric power plant. In 1995, a decade after it opened, the U.S. magazine Popular Mechanics listed it as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. By 2000 it was generating over 90 billion kilowatt-hours of power each year, enough to supply 93% of the electrical power consumed by Paraguay's 5.5 million people and 20% of that consumed by Brazil's 184 million. That's a lot of power! The river flowed there for thousands of years before the dam was built. This means that the potential for all that power was also there, untapped, until someone set out to harness it.

Our inner potential can be likened to that river: There is tremendous potential there, but it doesn't do us any good until we acknowledge its existence, recognize its possibilities, and learn to use it. If we've gone all of our lives without tapping into our potential power, and if we've managed okay and have been relatively happy, maybe things will work out fine if we continue as we have. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad. But we would never know what we would be missing–which is a lot!

If you're looking to get more out of life, I hope that taking action on the above quote will bring you a step closer to your goal.

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

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