Following my reading chapter 1 of Let Your Life Speak, I identified connections to the author. For a better part of the last decade, I have grappled with discovering a vocation that satisfies my passion. Wanting to complete work that encompasses a higher purpose was not a foreign desire. Identifying a vocation that balances who I am has been a personal stressor. The author mentions that vocation comes from listening, a concept I unequivocally love. Many, live a life that is surrounded by metaphoric noise, which in turn numbs one’s ability to associate with one’s self. Finding a professional fit consumed my thought process, which in turn obstructed me from centering on the present. The bulk of my thoughts contained concerns of potential youthful errors that inhibited my occupational search.” Additionally I fought with the self-imposed question, “will I figure this out, will I die without knowing what I aspired to be.” …show more content…
Allowing time to stop, slow down, and listen to myself embrace all the wonderful things that I symbolize to family, friends, and myself provided the adjustment I was seeking. I was able to focus on the immediate. Now, I apply these positive thought patterns to personal stresses that emanate.
When my oldest daughter, Austyn, was born four years ago I insisted I was prepared to handle the tangible changes that would present with the addition to the family. Yet, I was not prepared for the psychological transformations that would originate from welcoming a child. What genuinely moved me was the recognition that a number of my thoughts focused on myself. The premise of my decision making, was based on my wife and