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I’d like to ask you a question, if I may. “Does the work you're currently doing energize you or enervate you?” 

We can learn so much from whether we are enlivened by what we are doing, or whether we feel sluggish, and devoid of vitality.  “Does it build you up or pull you down?”  In other words, are you jazzed by it or is it a drag?  Today is Monday and I know so many friends and former colleagues who got up this morning with a sense of dread about “going back to work.”  I woke up energized and excited about all that the day promises. 

One of my all-time favorite theologians is Frederick Buechner.  I value his keen insights, his wit and his wisdom. I often quote him because his reflections address those things that relate to everyday life. 

Once again I was thinking about one of his reflections that I cherish.  No doubt I was reminded of it because of the work I am now doing, and because of how meaningful and energizing it is to me. So, I re-read it this morning and want to share it with you.

When you read it you’ll understand why I was reminded of it today.  It’s “Vocation” from a wonderful little book entitled, Wishful Thinking.  Regarding vocation, Buechner writes: “It comes from the Latin vocare, to call, and means the work a person is called to by God.  There are all kinds of voices calling you to all   different kinds of work, and the problem is to find out which is the voice of God rather than of Society, say, or the Superego, or Self-Interest.

By and large a good rule for finding out is this:  The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need most to do and (b) that the world most needs to have done.  If you really get a kick out of your work, you’ve presumably met requirement  (a), but if your work is writing TV deodorant commercials, the chances are you’ve missed requirement (b).  On the other hand, if your work is being a doctor in a leper colony, you have probably met requirement (b), but if most of the time you’re bored and depressed by it, the chances are you have not only bypassed (a) but probably aren’t helping your patients much either.

Neither the hair shirt nor the soft berth will do.  The place God calls you to is the place  where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

I truly believe this: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”  Given today’s economy, and the heartbreaking upheaval I see in so many people’s lives due to financial uncertainty and rising debt, I think that financial education and empowerment is a real place of “deep hunger” in today’s world.  And the deep gladness I feel in being part of the “solution” is as meaningful and energizing as it gets. 

It is my heartfelt hope that you, too, have found that place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.  And if you are not in that place now, I encourage you to find that place - so that you may help heal and serve the world,  and feel the joy!

www.WealthWithHeart.net   Linda Compton