calling

Don't sweat the small stuff" doesn't work with parenting small children. They only work in small stuff. They aren't making company decisions. They are deciding whether to use a crayon on the wall. _ Bill Klein

A true Christian lives and labors on earth not for himself but for his neighbor. Therefore the whole spirit of his life him impels him to do even that which he needs not do, but which is profitable and necessary for his neighbor.

Purpose declares that the trajectory of my existence and the course of human history were intentionally set to collide at this precise moment in time because what I have to offer human history is desperately needed at this precise time.

He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation.

Cinderella was made for more than sweeping the floor.

We live our days in the microscopic, but something within us calls us to dream in the cosmic _ every one of us. And within us exists those two worlds: the world as it is and the world as we think it ought to be.

Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge.

Robert Kennedy was inspired to take on organized crime by watching the landmark movie On the Waterfront.

The point of the calling was, quite simply, that it was appointed by God to serve neighbors. If along the way some self-fulfillment came as well, there was nothing wrong with that, but it was hardly the point of the calling.

If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a friend anymore.

...we have a high calling etched into our bones and written on our hearts. God wants to engage us...and deliver us into a life He has dreamed for us... We were made to explore.

If you are going to find work worth doing - a vocation to fulfill and challenge you - you will have to encounter a reality bigger than yourself. It may not be what others say it should be or what you think, but it will come if you are looking for it... At times, the work you're called to do will be hard and confusing, but if you press in, you will see the purpose behind the pain. You will see how the whole experience is causing you to grow. And you will thank God for the whole journey.

The percentage of people qualifying for federal disability benefits because they are unable to work rose from 0.7 percent of the size of the labor force in 1960 to 5.3% in 2010.

We may be closest to hearing the call when we feel most alone or in trouble, for genius hides behind the wound and one of the greatest wounds in life is to not know who we are intended to be or what we are supposed to serve in life.

God does not choose people because of their ability, but because of their availability.

God gives much grace for great work.

The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valor.

Cause every task of your day to be a sacred ministry to the Lord. however mundane your duties, for you they are a sacrament.