Campus Life. What is Vocation? A call from beyond oneself. A call may be experienced in many ways, including the following: A sense that God is leading me to a particular task, relationship, or mission.
A deep desire to get involved when I am confronted with the needs of others. A sense that a particular task or kind of work is what I am supposed to be doing with my life at this particular time.
Personal fulfilment that I experience as I am involved in a particular task or work. The affirmation of others who recognize the work I am doing and the contributions I am making to the world. Experiencing fulfillment in following the call. My vocation is not just to do what I want to do in a shallow sense. Many people use "vocation" and "career" interchangeably, but there's an important difference. One of the core values of Concordia University Texas is pursuing vocation, the work through which God calls us to serve others.
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary , a career is a profession for which you train and pursue as a permanent calling. It's a series of positions you hold within a particular field.
For example, a person typically begins an accounting career as a staff accountant, advances to senior accountant, and is possibly promoted to become a controller or chief financial officer. Vocation alludes to the spheres of influence you are called to, which oftentimes occur simultaneously. It's the meaningful work through which God uses us to serve others. So, instead of following arts subjects, he chose commerce and became a bank employee.
Though he gets a good salary and facilities, he is not happy about his profession as that is not his desire. The strong desire he has about a profession was about art.
That is his vocation, his true calling. His vocation was never banking. Career refers to all the jobs a person engages in throughout his lifetime taken together.
Career, on the other hand, comes from Latin cart that means a race track. Though, in modern times, a career may not have anything to do with a race track, a career is certainly not a job. In fact, it is a series of jobs that a person may have done or intends to do in the future. A line of work is termed as a profession. A career may have many ups and downs, change of professions, etc. Also, I have operated as a counselor and confidant to many friends in my lifetime, as I can be a good listener and help guide conversation in a meaningful way.
There are different ways to respond to this question, so you need to evaluate personal patterns over a substantial amount of time. Keep in mind that your vocation does not have to match your career and visa versa. However, it is optimal to earn an income by actively pursuing your vocation. This shift will no doubt spawn further meaningful conversation as you continue to pinpoint your true vocation and differentiate what that versus career means to you.
Insightful, inspiring, and well-written piece. I am a high school teacher in a private, Catholic school and tomorrow is the last day of school. I will be incorporating some of your great thoughts and questions into my closing remarks tomorrow to give the students some things to think about as they prepare for the unknown and upcoming school year.
Thank you, again.
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