The Greater Potential

“Look at me. I’m wasted talent doing nothing with my genius.”

Part of a comment I posted on a TikTok regarding smart people and their decisions in career path. Like, look at me. I wouldn’t have a lot to show for what I’m actually capable of. But what an even greater opportunity to observe a belief I hold about myself. The judgement. The expectation. 

Is it the divine truth that I am talented and full of genius potential? YES!

Is it the divine truth that I am wasting my talent and doing nothing with my genius? No.

Is there greater potential for the use of my talent and genius that I have yet to tap into? Yes.

Begin here.

Let go of the past. Let go of where I am right now in this moment. What has been and what is, is no longer relevant. It is in what I choose next. It is in the creative potential of each choice and the use of my talent and my genius to co-create with that potential that makes the difference.

Am I still divine in the moments that pass in stillness and silence? Am I wasted talent doing nothing with my genius? Can I let go and simply be and allow myself to be guided?

Can I acknowledge the parts of my being that cry in weakness, wanting to stay held in darkness to rot away? Safe in their misery as time marches on?

Can I accept that these are a part of me? Created to hold the consciousness of my past experiences to protect me and keep me feeling so small and sad? Can I accept their presence within me with love? To hold them without embodying their essence? To see them, their pain, their fear, and what they have endured to become the powerful aspects they are? Powerful enough to influence my way of being here in the now of this life time. 

Even now I feel them, these parts that don’t feel worthy of being heard. That don’t like feeling exposed to the world for the same judgement they hold for themselves. Fear that those judgements will be validated, that they are in fact worthless and small. That there is no place for their ideas, their talent, their genius or their light. How can I embrace these parts within me that tell me the same thing. That I am not worth shining my light. That there is no place for me and my ideas. That no one wants to hear what I have to say. What I have to share. How can I hold these pieces when there is a part of me that believes it too?

The curser blinks on repeat as I sit here holding space for this question because I don’t have the answer. How do we begin to hold loving space for the parts of ourselves that make us want to hide? That feel so dark and gross that you instantly chase anything else to distract you from acknowledging them all the while never fully escaping the vibration they hold. How do you find the courage to face the shadow? To allow the light to fully illuminate and expose what we are too afraid to see?

What if it’s not as scary as we expect it to be? What if what we see is more than just the pain and fear the shadows held but the greatness of all that we are? That we have no reason to fear our shadows. That we are more than what we believe is true. That we hold the power to overcome fear with love. That we are the gift of light upon the earth. That we are meant to shine. To speak. To create. To love. That your voice matters, no matter how soft you speak. That your essence is a gift by simply being. That what has held you back in the past does not matter as you choose, in each moment, to shine your light.

Perhaps it is in the letting go, allowing these parts to be present without attachment. Without embodying their essence when they feel fear but letting the energy flow. Allowing this moment to remind you of the parts of your being worth loving, worth compassion, grace and a safe space to be seen. Letting this energy come back into oneness with all that you are, the shadow and the light.

For Dearest Heart, you are the light. You are the essence of all that is. You are all that you are.

Remember that the next time you feel yourself holding back and feeling small. The world needs you and your beautiful light. Shine bright 

May 25, 2026 | Heather Harti, Soul Star Inspired Wellness