Hello all......

I often think about my calling. Am I honoring what I was put on this earth for? Am I truly using my gifts or just doing what it takes to get by? Is a paycheck most important? I think back to my childhood where I spent 15 years or more thinking I was going to be a priest. I thought that was my calling. Since then I have been in sales, hiding out, getting a paycheck. It's been good training for my true calling. Motivating people to go for their dreams. Motivating people to push through the doubt. To keep going no matter what.

All my years in the business world, in sales or management, have been the perfect training, preparing me to help others. Waking people up to a life of possibility meant that I would have to go through and face all the challenges that those I coach will go through. I have faced death, disappointment, loss, health challenges, business failures, relationship failures, taken risks that worked and didn't, along with the disapproval of others. Who better to coach others?

Following a calling isn't always right there at age two or five like Tiger Woods. No one would call me the child prodigy of coaching. What is life asking you to do? What is your journey preparing you for? Your calling could be ready for you at five or fifty five. The journey could be the key for you. Either way, relax into life, surrender. Accept the moment, each moment. Pay attention to the little things that people come to you for. Your gifts are there. Put a smile on your face. Know that nothing is out of order in a Universe and nothing is out of order in your life. There is no perfect recipe for a life of joy that you can buy. There is only your recipe and it's perfect. It's waiting for you to accept it and surrender. That's when magical doors will open. Life is only waiting for you to accept the now, with a smile, a laugh, a sense of humor about yourself. After all, you are perfect.

Maybe your calling is just that. Acceptance of yourself and your journey just as it is. Perhaps then, what you do to make a living won't make a difference.

Be happy, you're perfect.

Gratefully yours,
Steve