Your Purpose - Your Calling will Reward you with a Life

It took me so long to realise this fact.  So I’m sharing it here for you to reconsider your path.  It is a simple take on what we often reflexively respond to or think about our lives.

I still can’t remember where I got the rest of this post.  The credit is not mine.  Enjoy & take a message for you into your own life.

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“When someone asks, "Who are you?", most of us answer with our career:

• "I'm a doctor."

• "I'm an engineer."

• "I'm in sales."

and there's nothing wrong with that.  A career matters.  It provides stability, dignity & the ability to earn a living.  It deserves respect.  

But here's where we go wrong:

• We confuse our career with our vocation (calling or purpose)

• A career is the work you do to earn a living

• A vocation comes from the greek root meaning "to call"

• A Vocation is the deeper pull on your life, the work that calls you beyond titles & paychecks

One sustains you, the other summons you.

And when the end comes, it won't be the career titles that matter.  Nobody whispers on their deathbed,

"I wish I had closed one more deal."

the regrets are always the same:

"I wish I had stayed true to myself"

"I wish I had given more time to those I love"

"I wish i had lived with more purpose"

So yes, honour your career.  Provide.  Build.  Earn.  But don't mistake it for your calling."

 Because in the end, your career will reward you with a living.  

Your calling will reward you with a life.