Your calling is not so much a ‘place’ or ‘thing’ you arrive at. You don’t see it on the horizon, slowly but surely approaching it as it comes into focus.
It’s also not a ‘mountain' you summit. You don’t put in the work and eventually conquer it.
That said, it’s also not found on the couch. You don’t discover it by sitting idly and waiting.
It’s neither here (on the couch) or there (on the horizon). It’s not next to me or way up there (on the mountain top).
It’s more like an acorn planted within. The totality of the oak is contained in it’s small, fragile shell, but it must be nourished and attended to. Slowly, day by day, with proper attention, it begins to grow and express itself.
Someday it will be a mighty oak.
[h/t James Hillman]
