ENGIs Your Career Your Calling or Just a 9 to 5?”
Do you
remember your parents asking you what you want to be when you grow up? By the
time I was in the 9th grade, my mother started asking me that same question
until I graduated from high school. At
that time I wasn’t 100% sure what career path I would take, but I had several
ideas.
Your
calling is that passion that you have deep inside – the career that defines
your purpose in life. Someone once told
me if you find a job that you love you’ll never have to work a day in your
life. Some of us work in careers for so
long that we are numb on the inside and outside. We go from appointment to appointment and our
days are so mundane. We hardly get any
enjoyment out of what we do because it is just another 9 to 5. Have you recently said, ‘I could do this job
with my eyes closed?’
People who
choose a career, instead of their calling, wake up disappointed that they have
to go to work. They hate facing another
day. If you find your calling and pursue
it, life will become an adventure and not just another 9 to 5.
Ponder over
these statements:
Your passion directs you to your
calling.
A calling is who you are.
A career is what you do.
A calling is 24-7-365.
A career is a 9 to 5.
A calling is what you would do
for free.
A career is what they have to
pay you to do.
A calling cannot be measured
with money or fame.
In conclusion, take a few moments to ponder over what is going on in your life today and figure out if it compensates towards your calling. Listen to your mind, body and soul. Don't worry about what others will think or even if they will agree to whatever calling you move towards. Live your life as if tomorrow is your last day on Earth. Enjoy today because tomorrow isn't definite.