Janelle listened to everyone give their answer. It was interesting to hear everyone's take on the matter. The answers could go in so many different directions. Then it was on to the next question.

Potential. What did the word mean to her? Janelle thought about it for a moment. It was kind of hard to put her definition into words, but she had to try. Potential was one of those things that you knew and understood, but had a hard time explaining. She raised her hand to take a shot.

"If something has potential, it has the possibiity to be great........if the circumstances are right. It may be in the early stages of developing, not quite there.....but showing promise of improving. So.......potential is the possibilty of developing into something better than you are right now." Did that make sense?