For every journey, its first step does not hit the road but the planning board. Our first task is to know where to go, determine a destination or goal. Then we plan how to get there tracing the best route. For each one of us, that arrival point might be different, as it is the route, but the purpose is about the same: progress. Let’s assume that nobody wants to engage in a journey walking backward. Our purpose in life is to finish in much better condition than we started.
Furthermore, we want to arrive at our finish line with something in our hands to show what we accomplished. We want to make a difference in the world, giving meaning to our journey. It is not by accident we end up here on this earth, we have a mission to fulfill. It is our responsibility to find out our calling in life and prepare to pursue it and go for it.
If you are reading this blog, chances are you are looking for your entrepreneurial calling. The good news is that with faith and courage, we can find it, and with perseverance and dedication, we can complete it. We received all that we might need to fulfill our mission. This week we walked through what Acton group calls the “Hero’s Journey of Entrepreneurship.” The most outstanding concept learned from that video and others was the challenge to find our calling and tips to follow it.
Now I can see that if we choose the right in all our doings, every moment of our lives will matter because it is one step closer to our destination. Our mission will come to be a significant contribution, and we will live a meaningful life. The Acton method to teach a “Life of Meaning” includes asking each student to choose role models. In our class, we chose a “Board of Advisors,” our source of inspiration and advice to manage our entrepreneurial journey. That was a significant contribution to our tools and resources. We learn from those coming from where we are going what brought great joy to their lives was not money, power, or fame. It was their contribution to something meaningful, it was having been a righteous person, and it was their love for someone.
In other words, finding our mission or calling is finding the way we can produce changes in the world for better. It is becoming a role model for future generations, not only because of our success but also our integrity. It is also finding someone to love forever.
For our mission, each one of us came to this world not exactly with empty hands, but with God-given gifts. If we do not know yet what our talents are, it is about time to discover them. The “Heroes’ Journey” video taught us a cleaver way to find our best ability by asking those that know us well. When we do something that brings us great joy, making to lost track of time while doing it, that might be difficult for others but easy for us: it is our calling. The lesson emphasizes the essential aspect of our mission: it will make a difference, satisfying a burning need in the world. If I can find a problem in the world that I feel I was put on the earth to solve it, that is my calling. By following it, at the end of my journey, I would be able to see that I contributed something meaningful.
I also learned with Acton that setting my moral boundaries in advance will help me to stay in the straight path of professional ethics and individual righteousness.
My takes of this productive week are that God sent me to this earth with an essential purpose, a mission to complete. I have the power and ability to do it. My calling will fill me with joy and satisfaction if I serve others and strive to make a positive impact in the world. That kind of success often comes with a rich reward that might turn into a blessing or a curse for me; it depends on how faithfully I stay within my ethical guardrails.
If my ultimate goal is only worldly, my reward will remain in this world. If, on the other hand, if the character of my destination is spiritual, my compensation and joy will stay with me forever.
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