The Shrink
A feeling that we haven’t quite lived up to our potential can come to haunt even the most accomplished among us. We blame ourselves for the gap between what we think we are capable of and what is actually happening in our lives, believing that with a little more foresight or application we really could have perfected our achievements.
But it is unfair to ourselves not to take the situation into account. We don’t exist in a vacuum, and our circumstances can be more or less conducive to flourishing. In a different context we might have been able to develop certain talents and qualities more. Perhaps the conditions were not right for them to grow in the life we actually had.