Discover Your True Potential

Riding on the metro into Washington, DC, I closed my eyes for a short meditation and asked the question, “Why am I here? Why am I in DC again?” I had unexpectedly returned to the DC area to live in a client’s home for the second time in a year. I knew I was here to support her while she went through a divorce and to watch her dogs when she traveled. In exchange, I had a bedroom, an office and full use of the house. It was a perfect temporary living arrangement for both of us. But, why was I ‘called back’ here for a second time? What was bubbling under the surface for me to see?

At the next metro stop, I opened my eyes and saw a sign just beyond the open doors, ‘Discover Your True Potential.’ There was something about the words that I connected with immediately. “Got it,” I said out loud to no one in particular. “I’m here to discover my true potential.”

At the next stop, I got off the train, walked up the stairs and braced myself for the cold winter wind blowing in from the street. I was on my way to a meeting with Keith, a man I knew from a coaching program I had been in a few years earlier. He was building a community of people and I had been helping out at some of the meetings and in their on-line community. The sign, ‘Discover Your True Potential,’ helped me be more conscious about what was happening.