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Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:01 pm
I either heard it said somewhere, or I thought of it myself: Once a person has found his or her "calling", they must do it.
Recently, I realized I have no "calling"; nothing that excites me to the point of having to do do it. Granted, that's partly because i'm an un-medicated depressive with ADD, but it's excruciating! I mean, there are things I really like doing, but nothing except reading, writing, and playing games holds my attention for very long, but I digress...
The point of this thread is this: Do any of you have a calling, or more than one? Please share! I'm sure a lot of us could glean some inspiration from you. Well, I could 
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:08 pm
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Sex and bacon.
Ok fine. The real one is mentoring kids with behavioral health challenges. I love doing it, and I'm pretty darn good at it. That includes anything from a seven year old with anxiety to an out of control adolescent in foster care. It's something I love to do.
By the way, I'll fill your thread with kisses on my way out, hermosa. MUAH!!!!!!!
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:10 pm
Obsessing over my Gwynnies. 
Yeah, I have like zero ambition.
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:18 pm
I put having a calling on the same level as the idea that there's that one special woman that's just for me, and if only I can find her, we'll marry and love each other until we die. A nice idealist thought that isn't likely to be true.
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:21 pm
(January 29, 2014 at 11:08 pm)Ivy Wrote: Sex and bacon.
Ok fine. The real one is mentoring kids with behavioral health challenges. I love doing it, and I'm pretty darn good at it. That includes anything from a seven year old with anxiety to an out of control adolescent in foster care. It's something I love to do.
By the way, I'll fill your thread with kisses on my way out, hermosa. MUAH!!!!!!!
I wish I had a mentor like you when I was a kid. Seriously, what you're doing is beautiful, and it must be extremely fulfilling.
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:21 pm
(January 29, 2014 at 11:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I put having a calling on the same level as the idea that there's that one special woman that's just for me, and if only I can find her, we'll marry and love each other until we die. A nice idealist thought that isn't likely to be true.
Right.
So... no?
I mean, we get the idea, amiright?
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:23 pm
(January 29, 2014 at 11:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I put having a calling on the same level as the idea that there's that one special woman that's just for me, and if only I can find her, we'll marry and love each other until we die. A nice idealist thought that isn't likely to be true.
That's not what I'm talking about though. It's just an expression, a "calling". There are lots of people out there who have something or several things that they not only love to do, but must do, almost like an obsession, but healthier... well, as long as one's calling isn't to emulate Charles Manson or rob banks or something.
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:24 pm
Mmmmmm yum 
And thank you for your comment, but sadly I am currently unemployed. I need a job desperately. I'd like to go back to the same thing.
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:26 pm
(January 29, 2014 at 11:24 pm)Ivy Wrote: Mmmmmm yum
And thank you for your comment, but sadly I am currently unemployed. I need a job desperately. I'd like to go back to the same thing.
Can you do it on your own? Like a private practice kind of thing? I bet you could get all kinds of funding...
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RE: Your "Calling"
January 29, 2014 at 11:26 pm
As much as I love medicine I've always thought my calling would be archaeology.
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