That Feeling When You Know You Have Potential, But It Feels Like No One Else Sees It

February 21, 2016 | Posted at 10:59 pm | by Francine (Follow User)

That struggle is there. That inner struggle of knowing what you are capable of becoming, but not being able to become it. The struggle of feeling like no one is choosing to see or believe in you and who you can be. It’s that struggle that feels the most painful.
 

There’s this inner struggle between who you are now and the person you know you can be. The constant battle inside yourself to rise. The constant battle of feeling like you always have to prove yourself. The constant battle of not feeling good enough. That constant struggle of trying to reach for me, but only tumbling back down. That constant struggle between hoping for the best, but still not knowing what’s to come. It’s all of these struggle. When you are trying to get to the next level of your career, a dream, or an aspiration, getting people to see you the way you see yourself seems to be the hardest part. The most painful part.
 

When we were younger, I think it was easier to believe in ourselves. It was easier for adults to believe in us and to tell us to shoot for the moon, the stars, all that stuff. But I don’t know about you, but it seems like the older we get, the more it feels like we are often the only one to believe in our potential…to believe in what we are capable of becoming. It’s one of the most disheartening feelings to have so much to hope for, but then to feel so defeated. Well, at least when it comes, to those who are in the position to give us a chance, and who don’t.
 

This is not me going on and on with a sob story. It’s me being real about how I think a lot of us are feeling. It’s me telling my truth, hoping for change. Hoping for understanding. Hoping for the best to come…
 

You can work as much as you need to do, do everything that you need to do to get to where you want to go, but if no one gives you a chance, then how can you reach your full potential? How are you supposed to become what you know you can become? I keep believing for a breakthrough. Believing for a chance.
 

I’m sure I’m not the only one.