We Can Discover Our True Calling at Any Age
There has been an increase in calls from worried parents this past year, often because one or more of their children are at a determining phase in their young lives and feel at a loss as to what career path to follow. Circumstances don´t really allow for young people of college-age to take a gap year to travel the world whilst they ‘find themselves` as was often the case in the past. The pandemic for one thing and security doesn’t really allow for one to hitchhike through foreign countries. And so, there seems to be more pressure on young people to know exactly what vocation to choose and study for when, often, they are at a loss to know what their true calling actually is, and really would like to focus on enjoying themselves for a while.
Surprisingly, this has been the case with many people I´ve spoken to who are successfully climbing the ladder in their careers, but they tell me they do not feel fulfilled, as if they are simply on a treadmill, which monetary commitments keep them on, at least, for the time being.
The above situations remind me of a young man about twenty-seven years old who came to me for a reading. I know from customers who had referred him that he was a well-loved doctor, by staff and patients alike in a local hospital. He told me; “I hate what I am doing but because, unlike themselves, my parents were able to give me a good education and wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer and I wanted to please them”. He continued; “I want to do what you are doing and work for spirit”. Shortly after his visit, a young woman came to me about 29 years old. She was so angry. She’d come from a family of successful lawyers and followed in their footsteps but told me that after so many years of study, just like the young doctor, she hated what she was doing and she felt as if she had a great hole in her soul as it hadn’t turned out to be the profession she felt she belonged in.
During readings, I do try to offer guidance and suggestions on career paths based on what I feel spirit is showing me. There are times, however when it is simply one´s life path to pursue various avenues before merging with or, identifying our calling. I really do personally understand this, because as much as I was drawn to everything connected to the spirit world as a youngster and did readings and healings from quite an early age, I also had another career with another type of Spirit called Alcohol! This career with alcohol with all of its trauma and slips along the way has also brought invaluable insight in understanding what others suffering from addiction experience. Recovery brought great spiritual growth and compassion for me.
We can also get distracted with the desires of what others think we ought to be doing with our futures as in the young doctor and lawyer I spoke of above. Our true vocation will fire us up daily and our passion for our chosen path creates vibrancy and, in turn, a ripple effect, thus inspiring others.
My passions are my work and animals and I do believe I manifested being able to combine the two in working from home surrounded by my menagerie of many! I once read that our true vocation should not just be something we do to make ends meet, but something with which we are able to express our creativity and our spirit. So, I always advise people who feel that the treadmill they find themselves on currently doesn´t have to be forever.
Meditation is always a helpful way to tap into the source of our being for answers. In a meditative, peaceful state of mind, we can listen to our heart and even to our body´s reaction to questions like; ´who am I´? and ´where and how will I find my true calling´. Our intuition and feelings are linked to the heart, not to the fear in our heads. Such fear can keep us ´stuck´ for a long time. In listening to your heart and spirit, you might be encouraged to stay in the day job whilst holding a vision of the niche you wish to create for yourself in the material world. You may be required to take on some additional study related to your career choice or simply build up a business part-time.
To quote the late Louise Hay: ´What you love to do, you do well, and what you do well will earn you money´.
