Our Shared Mission

November 30, 2008

Dear Friends,

Two weeks ago I wrote about your “calling,” and why you will experience the divine flow in a heightened way when you are actively engaged in that calling. A calling, as I pointed out, is something that adds meaning and purpose to your life. It is something that you are so passionate about, you would do it even if you were not paid for it.

That makes a calling different from a job, because—strictly speaking—a job is something you do solely for the income it provides. A calling is different from a career, too, because—again, strictly speaking—a career is also something you do for the income it provides, but it happens to be something that you are very interested in, and you are perfectly content doing that same thing for years on end.

Have you discovered your calling yet? Perhaps it is to bring harmony into the world as a peacemaker. Perhaps it is to bring wholeness into the world as a healer. Perhaps it is to bring understanding into the world as a spiritual guide. Or perhaps you have not yet found your calling. Perhaps you are still just holding down a job, or perhaps you are in the middle of a long career, and are still happy in that career. The point of this week’s message is this: In the big picture, it really doesn’t make any difference what you are engaged in—a job, a career, or a calling—as long as you are doing it with love.

You see, although we may have different callings in life, and may spend our days engaged in very different occupations, there is one thing that we all have in common. And that is our underlying mission. It is a “Mission from God,” so to speak. And what exactly is that shared mission? It is simply the mission to discover, express, and experience the Truth of who we really are at the core of our being—the divine essence of love itself.

As Marianne Williamson said in her classic book, A Return to Love: Knowing who you are and why you really came here is more important than knowing what you want to do. What you want to do is not the important question. The question to ask is, “When I do anything, how should I do it?” And the answer is, “With loving kindness.”

Whether you spend your day behind the counter of a retail store, under a car at an automotive repair shop, or you oversee the work of dozens of people at a large corporation, always remember to spread love, be love, and let love lead the way. That, my friends, is the real key to living life in the divine flow . . . and it is the key to living a joyful and fulfilling life.

Steven

© 2008 by Steven Lane Taylor
Author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow
www.rowrowrow.com