When you are young, you have a lot of potential. You really have the potential to be anything. As you get older, you lose that potential by making choices that

When you are young, you have a lot of potential. You really have the potential to be anything. As you get older, you lose that potential by making choices that limit your choices in the future. In exchange, you actually become something or do something worthwhile, instead of doing nothing worthwhile but having the potential to do anything.