The Potential Within Us All: A Moment With Bill Reflection

Square holes, round pegs we all are. Square holes are filled with those who chose to build their roundness into squares. The learn and create until they slide into the square hole and find meaning in life. The other who the world call normal are like lemmings. They all do the same things, look the same and sound the same. They feel normal because they think that's as good as it gets. You are a great encouragement to many, Bill Holland, keep up the great work.

Billy, I am on my way. Just hold onto your hat...

You really are helping us to soar, Bill!

billy, it is true we do not know our true potential because we do not try. Very inspirational and meant a lot to me as I am trying hard to succeed.

There is a lot of passion in your words and fire in your soul. Potential sometimes just needs a little encouragement to bloom.

Your lovely words for Bev at the end of the hub made me smile. :)

This hub is pure poetic prose....so awesome that I shared it to the far reaches of my internet connections!

It can take a lifetime for some to figure out who they really are....it has taken me almost half a century...but the journey is a delicious adventure! When we land and rest awhile, and bask in the light of who we are, we are free!

Thank you for including those videos of Leo Buscalia....which brought back fond memories for me. I have read most of the collections of his essays...and his book "The Fall of Freddy the Leaf." Met him in October of 1986...and anyone who has ever met him will agree that he is a very memorable person, full of the love energy that he talks about. ~:0)

Inspirational Bill. Well written with emotions leading the reader toward 'effort' of [choice]. The examples offer allegorical truth for any walk of life or age. I ponder the next hub, the next comment, or just going for a walk before the break of dawn.

tim

To feel for life so intensely and impress all upon the value of life so vigorously can only be done by the fantastic person like you. You are so right that " the best education is experience ". To experience life is to open our mind in all abundance , to enlarge our heart to everyone/everything and to rise our soul to the heights unscaled and unvisited so far. Bill, this hub is so useful and your wise words are so encouraging that every sincere seeker and lover of life will read it and take immense benefit out of it. You are such a great teacher. Loved reading it and voted up. :-)

Great hub, it made me think of my father and his "you can do anything you set your mind to" speech, which he delivers as needed. It is so easy to lose sight of our own mortality and settle in to a boring life. It is always nice to read something that keeps you on your toes living wise and your hub certainly did. Thanks!

I love the sense of honor we do each other when we see the potential in others--as always, you make me think!

Bill - what an amazing article. I had a life coaching practice at one time and I named my business Expansion Unlimited, meaning everyone has limitless potential and anything is possible. I love your hub, because although we can all reach for the stars, having the ability to and taking action towards what we desire are totally different, and your hub reminded me to take the leap. I have tweeted and shared your article on facebook.

We won't know what we can really do unless we try. Awesome hub, Bill!

Inspiring, passionate and positive fits this to a T. I am not quite the dare devil I once was, but I haven't quite lost sight of the rainbow! You are one great cheerleader billy, great to have you here. ^+

I remember watching a show once about a girl who was striking in beauty, yet she didn't know it. Her family stifled her talents and abilities because they were jealous. When the young woman was on stage being interviewed, the interviewer pointed out that, "this is why they were stifling you, because they didn't want YOU to become".

She went on to be a very rich model.

"The comfort of conformity." Nothing good about it except the sound. Bill, I woke up with similar thoughts this morning. Your article makes a good morning devotional; it is for me. Thank you.

great article and content is so powerful, anybody can learn and understand to grow.

vocab is superb. You are really a great Mentor.

pramodgokhale

Great message for today. Potential is within all of us and must be awakened before it is too late.

This was all about your voice, Bill...I could hear you speaking and as you have said, a wonderful way to say good night with a smile on my face.

Tomorrow is another wonderful day and I embrace it...thank you.

Have a peaceful night's rest, my friend. Beautiful work. Love, Maria

lol! po er tentiol no, potential! yeah!

Hi Bill, you totally and poetically told us the way it is in this hub, use our potential any way we can, and thats what makes people great! I often think of all those back in history that have stood out for making, inventing, discovering and just being amazing, and we all have that if we try, great hub!

Very inspiring Bill. I certainly look forward to the possibilities of each and every day. I may not be young anymore but that doesn't mean I still can't accomplish a lot in life. Really enjoyed this hub Bill. Hope you're having a great week my friend.

I'm one of those people who believes in the possibility of anything I can imagine. But, sometimes I'm also impatient. I'm willing to work hard for the reward, but when my efforts don't pay off quickly enough, I start imagining something else. Bill, I look forward to reading your thoughts about the subject of writing because you always share something worth pondering. Yes, I have crashed and failed. But... that was yesterday! Today is a new day.

I had just posted a tweet this week on Twitter- a line from an INXS song..."We all have wings but some of us don't know why..." It has been in my head all week and after reading this hub, it's back. :) And yes, I know many who have SUCH amazing potential. They are young and don't quite realize it, but I hope they do because they will make an extreme difference in this world and in their own lives. Thought provoking hub, as always!

Interesting and deep thinking. Tended to make me think back and then access the facts that influenced my decisions. Nice hub.

You always energize and inspire me and I thank you. Up an totally awesome.

Fantastic written! Inspiring and poetic! One life, nothing to loose... We have to do our very best with our lives and try to find what's our purpose.

Bill, i wanted to burst out singing, ' The hills are alive with music. ' You have the gift of inspiring anyone to break-out and attempt to fly as a writer. Now, if i can think of something spectacular! Loved it...

I remember that at one point I thought I was probably to old to go back to college. I registered and went through the course with most of the student having around the age of my own children at that time :-) I think one of them almost called me grandma ;-) The conclusion of that experience was that yes, it was terrifying to make the step to go through that, but it was great. Being a perfectionnist and wanting also to give a good example to my own kids, it was really difficult but it was worth it. I think it gave me the wings to dare and try anything. I think I removed some of the barriers that I probably placed myself in my mind.

We have to instill the love of learning, discover and not be afraid in children so even as adults they will continue to believe that indeed, the sky is the limit :-)

Enjoy the rest of your day, Bill :-)

Thank you for the inspiring words. Jamie

Bill, what a rousing speech you have written here, but every word is true. I know, because as I have mentioned before, I broke the glass ceiling in radio and helped pioneer the way for women to become more than secretaries, bookkeepers, and traffic directors in broadcasting. It is so important for people to find what talents they have, and everybody excels at something, and to exploit those talents to the limit. By doing that, not only are they helping themselves, but they may be plowing new ground for the ones who follow in their footsteps.

Now having said that, I have to give you your laugh for the day. It reminded me of the Geico commercial that starts off “Did you know that Pinocchio would have been a terrible motivational speaker?” I think everybody’s seen it, but for those who haven’t, every time Pinocchio told someone in the audience that the person had potential, his nose grew. It is really a funny commercial.

This is very good. You should be a motivational speaker. Voted up++

Passionate write here, dear Bill! Loved this and many of your examples reminded me of my son who is not afraid of anything and seems to embrace life as it comes. He was into extreme sports and enjoyed every minute of it even after a great many falls. Yes, today may just be all we have, so let's not waste a minute! Now I am going to enjoy my sandwich lol. Blessings, Faith Reaper

Hi Bill. Another hub which soars far above the mundane efforts of many. I know a man with a free spirit, he sees life differently to anyone else that I know. Life is for living is his motto and he certainly aims for the stars in everything. Brilliant work from you again.

Graham.

Such an inspiring read this morning when I got a negative review of my book...asking me to read ficition before indulging in it...lol

Potential...yes! gotta rowing this boat!

see you at the other end, bill :)

Not one moment wasted. Cool. I knew a man like this once and a real inspiration. Much speed!

Now that made me LOL! Ann

Bill, beautifully done!! If we allow fear to dominate us, we will never be able to fulfill our potential in life. I've done a lot of the things I wanted to do in my life, but there are so much more I would love to achieve, if only I could shut out the negative voice in my head. We will always need those special people who doesn't seem to know fear, who are always pushing the boundaries regardless.

Loved the tribute to Bev, you're both pretty special, take care and my best to you.

Wow, what an amazing read! If all motivational pieces were written in this (your) voice, the world would be alive with dreamers and doers. Awesome post, Bill!

Ignorant my ....! As if.

My Wednesday certainly has been rewarding. Due to an improvement in the weather here, I've been out gardening, done some washing and hung it out to dry, and I've spent some time writing and commenting on hubpages. What more could you wish for in a day?!

Then this evening a friend and I will have our weekly 'bodyblitz' exercise and if I can survive that I can survive anything. Life is indeed too short. Go for it, I say! Have a good evening, bill. Ann

Hi Bill,

While hindsight is 20/20, if someone had gave me futuristic advice when I was 20, being the young lady of the 1950's that I was, I would ignore it. And I did.

Now being a young lady closer to 70 years, I embrace this advice. Each day presents a challenge to accomplish a set goal - because now I do have goals, before this I was assigned a set schedule to keep. Goals were and are accomplishments for self; schedules were assignments to do bidding of superiors. lol

Your article is inspiring to those who can see the implied inspiration. One's goal will remain an unfulfilled dream unless you get your act together now. Each day you "waste" puts you that much farther from your goal. Your goal can be writing a best selling novel or accomplishing a higher level of expertise in your chosen field.

Whatever it is, the more road you see over your shoulder makes the road in front of you that much shorter. And there is only so much time (and material) left to complete the road.

Good food for thought, Bill. Voted up and shared. :)

And you say you are not a poet! This one fairly sang. Beautiful, Bill and so true and important. Thank you!

I was the 'tom-boy' on the block, I was the one who couldn't wait to climb the trees, I played 'cowboys and Indians' with the boys, I couldn't wait to pass my driving test so that I could go rallying & off-roading, I took that a step further and learnt to ride a motor-bike so that I could go round our local country roads..... so I suppose I'm one of those that reaches for the horizon!

Don't get me wrong, I'm no intrepid explorer but I don't shy away from taking some risks. Wouldn't it be boring if we didn't?

I'm with you all the way on this one, bill. We waste our potential if we don't push the boundaries, if we don't inquire, experiment, make mistakes so that we can learn from them.

If you're full of life and joie de vivre, then you can live your own life to the full and, I find, it creates enthusiasm in others. I learnt that from family and friends with a similar outlook - is it nature or nurture, I don't know, but it doesn't matter as long as you do it!

Another great piece of advice to all, bill. Ann

Love the dedication on this one and you are so write the possibilities for all of us are truly endless. I love your positive mantra here and trust me I try my best each day to live my life to the fullest and be as positive as I can be. I credit my mom for that and telling me to always look at live as though the glass is half full not empty, as well as to try my best to smile as much as possible. Mom truly does know best. Thanks Bill and have a wonderful day now!