I recently read that researchers have discovered new genes in our central nervous system that turn themselves on when we are placed in new situations. These genes code for new proteins, and these proteins are the building blocks for new structures in our brains. This means that there are parts of us that are waiting in a state of potential, waiting to become. We have to say something, go somewhere new, and take risks in order for these genes to turn on. And if we do not, parts of us remain incomplete.