"You Missed Your Calling"

I imagine we've all been told that we've "missed our calling" but what does that really mean? I could argue that you're exactly where you're supposed to be at any moment in time. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was winning Mr. Olympia, did he miss his calling to be the Governor of California? He likely would not have had the opportunity to become Governor had he not gone through the bodybuilding and acting. So when will his "calling" really be determined? Nobody's story is written in full yet...therefore none of us are marching in a linear fashion toward our "calling." Ok, Tiger Woods has been playing golf since he was knee high to a grasshopper and he clearly was destined to be a golfer in the first phase of his life. But his "calling" may not be golf after all - it may just be a vehicle to get him there? He may be end up being the most innovative entrepreneur that the world has ever seen - one that educates kids better than our school systems do? Who knows? So don't be frustrated if you are not "there" yet...there must be a Design and some Artistry to our lives? As the German philosopher, Nietzsche, wrote: "He who has a WHY to live for can bear almost any HOW." Just believe that all these zigzags we experience in our quest for answers is part of a grand scheme to make our role in the puzzle something that is meaningful to the universe.
by Chris Scully