Believe me, I already know. Sometimes you have to create that hope yourself.
[ Speaking from experience, here. ]
... For me, I'd define wasting your potential as... knowing you could do what's right, and most likely deciding against it anyway. At any point. If at some point you finally decide to pick up where you should have to begin with... that's different.
[ For example, knowing you could definitely not be eating poor innocent children if you're a soldier of Karma City. He's still angry about it. But he wonders if he's any better, given what he is, too. ]
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[ Speaking from experience, here. ]
... For me, I'd define wasting your potential as... knowing you could do what's right, and most likely deciding against it anyway. At any point. If at some point you finally decide to pick up where you should have to begin with... that's different.
[ For example, knowing you could definitely not be eating poor innocent children if you're a soldier of Karma City. He's still angry about it. But he wonders if he's any better, given what he is, too. ]