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07 Jan 2006, 12:58 am

The only true thing is if You think that You have wasted potential then You have but if You truly think that You have not then You have not then. It is truly up to You to decide if You have or have not wasted Your potential. that is what truly matters it is up to You in the end.

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07 Jan 2006, 1:11 am

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There was this girl I went to high school with, and while she was extremely poor, she had the potentinal to do amazing things in life, but she wasted many opertunties, so that is the biggest example of wasted potentional in the world to me.

That is one of the main things I was trying to get at with this thread or though im very bad at trying to convey my thoughts accorss to others in forums. I think potental being wasted just because of fintical situations or people always being told that they can't do some thing is some of the worst wastes of potential out there.

Let me get this straight. your intent was to be consumed with anothers wasted potential. You wanted stories of the most gifted person i ever knew but he started smoking pot, finally heroin, i heard he know does fat, sweaty guys behind the 7-11 for a dime sized balloon.of Mr. Brownstone

Now i understand the Avatar.

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07 Jan 2006, 1:13 am

kevv729 wrote:

i agree with you Kev. unless you have just taken your last breath in life, it always remains unrealized potential.

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07 Jan 2006, 1:36 am

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i agree with you Kev. unless you have just taken your last breath in life, it always remains unrealized potential.

You would be totally right it does just remains unrealized potential for sure that is what it becomes in the end.

Wasted Potential can become Wasted Potential in the end and Unrealized Potential can be Unrealized Potential in the end too.

Even in the end they become one in the same.

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07 Jan 2006, 1:42 am

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AArrrggg. I obviously can't convey my thought accross at all in the slightest. Now im really pissed off. Hmmm.

Well I can't even explain how I think Asperger people have alot of potential that is wasted because of negativity and people saying they can't do some thing that they WANT to do.
Well obviously I still can't make it clear.

Im useless at trying to communicate thoughts accross and its even harder to do so in forums.

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07 Jan 2006, 1:59 am

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You do a very good job You are making it clear in Your own way don't give up on it to will come out clear in the end.

This is something I think about a lot in My Life so it is something that I can relate to in the end I try to give encouragement on this subject.

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07 Jan 2006, 2:08 am

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MOC, I think I get it.

Were you trying to say, that people not living up to their potential because of money or fear is one of the worst ways to waste it?

To explain.

That maybe it's the saddest form of waste. It's also one of the most common. People get 'stuck' all the time. I think it's a fear of the unknown. Being told constantly you aren't good enough, not having money, both of these things make you fearful.

If you mean that it's a shame this happens, I agree. People are their own biggest obstacles. (If that makes sense)
Money is a neccessary evil in today's world- I have huge problems with it myself- and it slows me down. Part of my potential is being wasted, I suppose, because I am not able to get the resources my mind desires. With others it can be crippling.

I remember a man I used to work with. He was around 40, and 80% of his paycheck every week went to child support. He hated his job, and his life, but felt he had no choices. He had to work near home (no car), and pretty much felt as if he COULD NOT get another job or improve his situation becuase of the money thing. He was smart, and wanted to run his own business. I hope he made it eventually, but that is an example for you. I remember at the time thinking, "man, that sucks. Just GO! Get on the bus if you have to!" But he wouldn't do it. Tough situation, not living up to his potential. That's sad. I really hope he's feeling better too...

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07 Jan 2006, 2:12 am

kevv729 wrote:

I meant to mention this before:

kevv has a way with words. It is unique, concise, and brilliant.

Take this one to the bank.

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07 Jan 2006, 2:22 am

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i agree with you Kev. unless you have just taken your last breath in life,

To Me death is death You worry about nothing in the end.

If You read in the Bible at Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 it reads like this:

For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten. Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun.

That is why I see death not even as (Wasted Potential) or as (Unrealized Potential) for it was never (Any Potential) there for no (Consciousness) You see.

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07 Jan 2006, 5:45 am

hermit wrote:

kevv729 wrote:

I meant to mention this before:

kevv has a way with words. It is unique, concise, and brilliant.

Take this one to the bank.

Ditto.

Keep up the good work

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07 Jan 2006, 5:55 am

MoOC wrote,

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No you are not.
You have authored about 20% of my top 25 threads ever.
I have mentioned multiple times that your communicated thoughts give me passion.
I always stalk your threads they become valuable, well thout out knowledge, that i store away.

But your current answe brings us full circle. By being put down and told they are lacking Apie people do not meet their potential, due to insecurities forced on them by others.
In the infancy stages of this thread i agreed with the point you just made. And people were responding, like the point you just made is correct.
I got passion. Got up on my soap box, did a cheerleading routine then i started to preach the we all can, just like the tufted titmouse who could.

I really only wanted to write the phrase " now he does sweaty, fat guys behind the 7-11 so he could make $10 for a ballon of Mr. Brownstone"
and i was able too, and i thank you.

this thread has the potential to reach 100 replies, if it does not, that would be a waste.

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07 Jan 2006, 6:50 am

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But you remain faithful to yourself and you take the first step. I admire your courage to try.
Keep trying. You never know what might become of your latest endeaver.

Thanks, SB2! Those are encouraging words.

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Acting as a role model and setting an example for the next generation of human beings, IT IS THE NOBLEST OF ALL.
Working hard, and pursuing the most you can give, to your own situation, IS NOBLE.

Homemakers have the most thankless jobs in the world and theyare always on duty 24/7 365 days a year. Also, each decision they make could have dire consequences for the most basic of all political structures. Also can have the greatest benefits. The basic wage; sense of pride.

Beautifully said. It also reminds me of a saying my mother was always fond of: "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." Meaning, parents have such influence over the kinds of people their children turn out to be.

But so many parents don't seem to understand this. I've seen four-year-olds in the 9:30 showing of the movie Blow (and unfortunately that's only one of many, many such examples). What are the parents thinking? Don't they realize what is clear fiction to them is reality to a four-year-old? One could argue that it's child abuse: people would be up in a tizzy if a four-year-old witnessed in person Pablo Escobar shoot a man through the forehead at point-blank range--but the movie version is NO LESS REAL for a child that age. The same damage is done.

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07 Jan 2006, 8:39 pm

MindOfOrderedChaos wrote:

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This girl was smart, and I wouldn't be suprised if she is the smartest senior in her class. She could have gotten a job, save some money secretly, applied for scholarships (she could have gotten any one out there, she was smart), and then go to college and never look back on poverty. Before I graduated, I found out that she was offered money if she tutored her science class, she declined the ofter.

I dunno if she is working, or have applied at scholarships. She intregues me, in the sense I want to go out with her, and I have come close, but disolved everything due to her apathy towards her future, and my willingness to help her. I think about her everyday. I have her phone number in my cellphone, but I am lost.

Lifes a b***h, no?

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08 Jan 2006, 7:09 am

I disliked the thread that the guy who posted that he hates proud aspies because this kind goes to show how bulling and socioty forces the importance of being social on people who would be happy by them selfs or in small groups working on things they are interested in.

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08 Jan 2006, 3:21 pm

MindOfOrderedChaos wrote:

SB2 wrote:

MindOfOrderedChaos wrote:

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I understand completely. By the way your very expressive with your language; which is a common aspie trait...

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09 Jan 2006, 3:21 am

Well SB2. I don't think this is going to make it to 100 replys.. What a waste of potential.

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