Would you be ready to leave your own country to become your fullest possible self?

It is undeniable that everyone on earth would like to reach their full potential and become who they truly are. The fact is, that, many people, including me, tend to hold themselves back. To pursue this quest of happiness you may have to dramatically change your life and habits, and this can even lead to leaving your own country, the place where you grew up, where your family lives, basically where your whole life is. Now, the question is, would you be ready to do it in order to become your fullest possible self.

In the first place, it depends a lot on if you are forced to do it or if it is a personal decision. By saying that, I refer to my personal knowledge on India and what Indian people had to face in the past, especially women, about how they were resigned to leave their country if they wanted to be independent. Nowadays, after many revolts and outrages, Indian people can now live in a land they needn’t leave to become their fullest possible self. One striking example of this is that in our current society, it became common that people leave their country for their studies or career opportunities.

Asking myself this question, I acknowledge that it would be easy to answer it, indeed, I am planning on studying International Relations in an English university after I graduate, which mean I would have to leave my country, France, with the aim of doing my studies. Needless to say, that I have not a single doubt on leaving because I know that it is what I truly want, and where I could come out of my shell since becoming your fullest possible self involves becoming who you really are. Yet, if you tend to be afraid of leaving everything behind, it indicates that you are not ready, and you are restraining yourself from becoming the one that you have always wanted to be, and do what you have always yearned for.

Taking everything into account, I am convinced that we can never actually reach our fullest potential because there is no limit to it. What we can do however is strive to be the best that we can be by not restraining ourselves and seize every opportunity we can, even if it comes by leaving our own country. There is quote that I found encouraging and that resumes well the idea of “becoming your fullest possible self”. It is an excerpt from a film called The Dead Poets Society which says “You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all “

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