#Calling

Moving Toward Beauty: Answering the Wild Calling

Moving toward beauty also means learning its grammar of reciprocity. Oliver famously writes, “Attention is the beginning of devotion” (Upstream, 2016), suggesting that the world replies in proportion to our care. Her daily walks—echoed in poems like “The Summer Day” (House of Light, 1990)—show how close noticing yields unexpected clarity. As we attune to birdsong, weather, and the tilt of light, the environment ceases to be backdrop and becomes interlocutor. In turn, the ordinary glows, answering us with a steadier, humbler joy. [...]

Walk Boldly Toward a Trembling True Calling

Beyond one life, the exhortation resonates widely. Thoreau’s Walden (1854) urges us to go confidently in the direction of our dreams, while Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling (1843) frames faith as a leap taken without full guarantees. In Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi and the kintsugi repair art teach that fracture and imperfection can bear beauty and strength. Thus the trembling is not a defect to be eliminated; it is the living texture through which purpose is revealed. [...]

Discover Your Passion – Maya Angelou

Angelou suggests that understanding what one loves to do is an excellent way to begin a journey toward success and happiness. Passion often drives dedication, perseverance, and creativity. [...]

The Things You Are Passionate About Are Not Random - Fabienne Fredrickson

It highlights that your passions act as an internal compass, guiding you toward paths and endeavors that align with your true self and calling. [...]