what are you driven to do in life? what is your calling?

[Sam]

For this discussion topic, i want to know what your calling would be. Explain why you feel this is your calling, your motivation, the feeling you get when you do it, your inspiration.

I think my calling is to make a better world, to make a difference in somebody else's life. When I see people who don't even receive three meals a day, i feel that i should do someting to help.

[Steve]

I've never felt I had a 'calling'. I know what I want to do and how I try to live my life, but I have gone through many changes in my sixty plus years. My goals have changed as I have experienced new things.

The guy I am now is very different from the person I was even twenty years ago.

[Sam]

Do you think that a calling to make a difference in someone else's life could be a calling?

[Steve]

A 'calling' would be something you feel emotionally, so another person can't deny what you feel. I can't speak for you only that I have never 'felt' that need.

Not making light of your question, but it's something with which I have no experience.

[Rachel Munch]

I'm not sure if this would be considered a calling but my calling I guess would be writing. My one goal is to be an author, books are my inspiration! When I get lost in the emotion and adventure and love in a character it makes me so happy! I want people to feel the way I do about books and I don't know if that sound tacky but yes, that's my calling!

[Sam]

I think that is a great calling. thanks for posting.

[Monty J]

For me it's an easy question.

In the 1950s I was nine when I was taken from my mother for neglect and placed in a Texas orphanage. I spent the rest of my childhood there, hoping she would come for me. Or maybe another relative would come. Perhaps the father I had never seen.

This is my purpose: to write a literary account of what life is like for an innocent unclaimed child of the poor in America--the struggles overcome, like traumatizing abuse, and the heroes who made the journey to adulthood more bearable.

For most of my life I repressed these memories. Now I dig them up and give them air.

You can read some of my stories at: http://redroom.com/member/monty-heying (Start with "Prince," about the stray dog who adopted the orphanage.)

[Dave]

Brittney wrote; I think my calling is to make a better world, to make a difference in somebody else's life. When I see people who don't even receive three meals a day, i feel that i should do something to help.
That would be a noble calling, and I must say it would be nice if more people felt that way, but I don't think I could dedicate my life to doing it.
Personally, i have always tried to do things that would make the world a better place. I am not a religious person, but I have tried to live my life as a good person, and adhere to societies rules--not to say I haven't marched against injustice and other things I felt were wrong like the Vietnam War (in Vietnam they call this the American War). I may not have succeeded in my attempts all the time, but at least I tried.
Last night I watched a documentary called I Am. It tries to answer the questions; What is wrong with this word, and What can we do about it. I recommend it as something to look at in regards to your question.
The thing that stood out the most for me was a statement about a native american belief that a person who takes more than they can use has a mental illness.
It also deals with our natural feeling about helping others and cooperation between people.
Good luck with your quest.

[Library Nymph]

Brittney wrote: "For this discussion topic, i want to know what your calling would be. Explain why you feel this is your calling, your motivation, the feeling you get when you do it, your inspiration.

I think my c..."

Mine, I think, is to be creative. I've always felt drawn to the creative. I know it may sound corny, but nothing makes me feel more alive. Drawing, painting, writing, dance, music, knitting/crocheting; they all give me so much happiness. And I like to bring happiness to others through my creativity :)

[Library Nymph]

Rachel wrote: "I'm not sure if this would be considered a calling but my calling I guess would be writing. My one goal is to be an author, books are my inspiration! When I get lost in the emotion and adventure an..."

It's not tacky. Books have gotten me through a lot in my life. If it wasn't for the authors writing the books, I wouldn't have had anything to read. And even though lots of writers (i.e. Dickens, Bronte, ect) have passed on, their work is still out there, making people happy and helping them relax. That's a great calling! :)

[Sam]

Yeah! All of you have great callings. Keep posting

[ch]

It's wonderful to see so many inspired posts here :)

My calling is be a vital whole person who is a credit to life and the creative force / creator. That has never really taken the shape of a specific achievement or doctrine, but it's far more than generalized esteem or moral inclination; it's the only truth I've ever known. I would have been an excellent nun, and actually in my own way I do live my life as a nun.

[Joanne]

To try and follow "The Golden Rule."