Potential does not exist and it leads us to forget other rules of existence that still apply. Many people now live in a world where we have so much choice that it is paralyzing. Taking a step to do anything always seems to come at the cost of abandoning another possibility. At any point in time we only have the potential to go in one direction. After the fact we can adjust, cut through the woods, turn around, but when you choose a direction you are not abandoning your potential to go in other directions. You only ever had the potential to take one path.