Every one of us has a calling, even if we don't yet know what our calling is. A calling often finds us through an incessant nagging of a whisper in our soul that only grows louder, until we either find new ways to distract ourselves from its message or finally choose to stop running from it and listen.
The moment we embrace the Call within each of us is transformational, even if we are still unclear about our entire path. What matters is that we are finally willing to put one foot in front of the other and consciously walk down an authentic path toward our innate, unique purpose on this planet. In a world with the constant pressure and demands of what it means to be successful, happy, purposeful, inspiring, wealthy, and desirable, it takes incredible bravery to look ourselves in the mirror and listen to our soul's Call. Sometimes, following our Call involves taking risks that others do not understand, standing up for causes others do not agree with, or going against what's normal or expected of us in our families, relationships, or communities. Yet, the risk to ignore our Call is immeasurably more costly to ourselves, families, relationships, and communities. Not only does the Call in us only get louder and more pronounced the more we ignore it, often making it impossible to drown out and leaving you in a constant state of confusion or anxiety about the course of your life, but what would this world be if so many people would have ignored their Call in life? Jesus of Nazareth, the Buddha,
Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela...the list of extraordinary people who have lived their callings cannot possibly be captured here.
People might baulk and say, "Those are extreme examples of people with Callings--we aren't all going to change the world like that." What I'd like to remind you today is that some of the most transformative figures throughout history did not have the privilege of seeing the breadth of their impact on the world. They died before they possibly could see the continued change their Calling made to the very life of millions of people. Yet, the absence of prestige or accolades did not keep them from serving from their soul and heeding the Call within them. It is not your job to find a way to control the breadth of impact your Call will have on the world--it's your job to listen to the whisper within you nudging you toward a higher purpose. Just as you cannot succeed in silencing the voice of the Call, you cannot control the message and impact of the Call. Surrendering to it means you let go of the result and walk on toward your Calling trusting that if it CALLED you to embrace and live it, it has the inherent power to carry you through.
There is not one of us on this planet who does not have a unique calling and path to follow in order to become the most complete, fulfilled, and powerful version of ourselves. Callings do not care what culture you've grown up in, how much money is in your bank account, who you do or do not know--they flow from a source infinitely greater than and indiscriminate of circumstance. And, when you take that first step into the direction of your heart's longing and soul's calling, you peel back the veil of the illusion of scarcity, lack, impossibilities, and unleash the infinite, unlimited, abundance of possibility that has always been waiting to be birthed in and through you.
