When we grow up we dont know the great potential we have as a result as we grow up we needed external forces or voices to validate us. We needed our parents to keep encouraging and applauding us for every growth phase we experienced. We end up relying on external forces for our growth and we forget that a bright future is already in us from birth.
The reason why we dont live our full potential even now that we are old is because the same external forces that were applauding us when we were young encouraging us are no longer there. Instead we have so much negative forces that whisper negative words and we believe them because we get to doubt ourselves and our capabilities. We end up getting lost permanently in a season that was meant to be temporary. That is why the power of association is very important because you can either grow or die because of the environment you are in. And the seed of greatness is still inside you. Even when you have made the worst wrong decisions in your life, that greatness you were born with does not go away. That is why you will find even older people have the burning desire to finish school at a very old age, its because of that greatness inside. A dream never dies as long as you are still alive. The problem is when you put limiting beliefs to yourself by telling yourself that you are too old to be successful. Who told you that you must write yourself off? You believed the external forces when they spoke negative words and you lived according to their standards.
I wish you can make time and reflect on the kind of life you wished and dreamed of when you were young. And ask yourself what changed because you are born to be great and your greatness is not dependent on the words people say about you. Choose to believe the greatness that burns inside of you and wants come out than allowing the world to steal the best life you are meant to live.