We just completed another school year and another successful graduation at Hays High. My wife and I attended many graduation parties where the question of the hour to the graduate was "what are your future plans?" Some gave a confident response, many gave an answer with an air of "I hope this is it" and a few responded with no clue. How do you determine what is your calling? This is a big question that also includes the "what" of being happy. The Matlock's are traveling to freshman orientation with our youngest, Shelby, to Northern Arizona University. Her quest for a life vocation is ramping up as she makes decisions on what to pursue in college. At this point in her life she is pursuing music education.
During the same weekend Shelby graduated from high school my oldest, Jordan, graduated from college with a degree in nursing. She just found out she passed her boards and is now a certified RN. I just asked her if nursing was her calling. She immediately connected nursing with passion and her mission in life.
I am so proud of both my girls. They discerned their calling ... which I know is life-time work but they are certainly both making a great beginning.
On our drive to Denver International, I used the time to catch up on some podcasts. The one that caught my attention was by Michael Hyatt on "How to Discern Your Calling." I recommend it -- some great points. Check it out here: How to Discern Your Calling. I think a key word in this title is "discern" and he gives some good advice.
In that podcast Hyatt quotes James Mitchner. What does having a passion for what you do look like? This quote sums it up for me.
During the same weekend Shelby graduated from high school my oldest, Jordan, graduated from college with a degree in nursing. She just found out she passed her boards and is now a certified RN. I just asked her if nursing was her calling. She immediately connected nursing with passion and her mission in life.
I am so proud of both my girls. They discerned their calling ... which I know is life-time work but they are certainly both making a great beginning.
On our drive to Denver International, I used the time to catch up on some podcasts. The one that caught my attention was by Michael Hyatt on "How to Discern Your Calling." I recommend it -- some great points. Check it out here: How to Discern Your Calling. I think a key word in this title is "discern" and he gives some good advice.
In that podcast Hyatt quotes James Mitchner. What does having a passion for what you do look like? This quote sums it up for me.
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both. ”