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What’cha Gonna Be When You Grow Up?

Okay, so you know who you are. You know that you are smart and capable. You have worked through inner critic issues from your childhood and you know that you can do anything you set your mind to. You know that you want to be a genuinely good, kind, and caring person but that there is another very real side of you that is sometimes lazy, grumpy, and wouldn’t mind if others would spoil you a bit more often. You know that you are co-creating your future along with some sort of a spiritual guidance that challenges you to be better then you might normally choose if that higher power wasn’t holding you accountable for your choices. You know that there is something incredible, uplifting, and wonderful that you are meant to contribute to the world… but you just can’t quite figure out what it is.

You know folks who really aren’t all that spiritual that get up every morning and go to work. They like their jobs well enough, but none of it sounds very appealing to you. You do not have an undying desire to become a firefighter or a teacher or a politician or anything else for that matter. Those are careers that you really commit yourself to as opposed to filing clerk, waitress, or taxi driver which you can do without really putting much emotional involvement into them. There is nothing wrong with just getting some random job that you are good at and earning a living. You know that you have talents and have some ideas how to use them, but you want more then a boring 9-to-5 job. You want to be passionate about your work, because you are passionate about your life.

You also know people who hear a little voice calling them to do sacred work. They hear a divine voice that tells them what to do or they feel a real sense of mission in life. They absolutely must become musicians, artists, or writers. They have to save the rainforests, or free Tibet, or become a pediatrician because not doing so is like not breathing. They believe that it is the core of who they are and why they were put on this planet. You would like to be drafted into such an overwhelming calling but your number hasn’t been called just yet. You feel as through you have been trained and specially designed to do some sort of important work, but you have not been told what it is you are going to do. The truth is, you may never be assigned to a specific project.

Let’s use a military analogy to explain why more of you are not assigned big important spiritual missions in life. There are just so many ace pilots, just so many generals, and just so many Navy Seals, etc. You know that you are supposed to serve your country but have really no idea what you are supposed to do. You have enlisted and are now awaiting your orders. However, unlike the military, you probably are not going to be told what to do. Basically, you can do whatever you want just so long as you are a good little soldier and make sure that you represent our side with honor and integrity.

Whether you call yourself a Lightworker, a Christian, a neo-Pagan, or some other spiritual following isn’t really the point. You want to serve your spiritual beliefs through your career but the truth is there are just so many Mother Theresa’s, Gandhi’s, Martin Luther King Jr’s, and such. That does not mean that you are not still needed. It just means that you are not necessarily going to have a huge project assigned to you. You have the wonderful gift of being called to serve, but with the freedom to do as you please with that calling. You have true freedom to express the spirit side of you anyway that you please. Be whatever you want, do whatever you want. If you really do not know what to do to make a living and it is simply about how to get some cash coming in on a regular basis, then go to a career counselor through the local community colleges or find some kind of an online program that helps you evaluate your skills and talents. There are plenty of little tests and such that help you find a list of things you would be well suited to. Just do it with a light joyful heart and infuse it with your personal passion and love. The world may never know what you have done, but your energy will have added to the positive energies of the world.

While you are waiting for divine inspiration, pretend that you are a sniper and you are shooting people with positive healing energy. Be like Cupid with your arrows of love. If you are a filing clerk, then imagine that you are filing pieces of love and spirit into the perfect slots so that the next time someone pulls that file they will be touched by your peaceful calmness. If the files are about specific people like legal cases or medical charts or home mortgages, imagine each person or family whom that piece of paper represents and send them a silent prayer that they are happy and safe. If you happen to be a waitress while waiting for some sort of divine calling, then pray love and health over each meal as you serve it. If you are a taxi driver, then silently turn your cab into a holy sanctuary where everyone who rides with you is in a place of peace and spiritual cleansing for a bit. I am not saying to make these things publicly known or to have everyone looking at you like you’ve lost your mind. I am saying that you can spread your spiritual and sacredness no matter how mundane your daily job may seem. It may or may not help make the world a better place, but I guarantee that you will feel better about your day and how you spend your time while at work.

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