Today's thought is What Are You Meant For? or rather, What Am I Meant For?
This question has been on my mind quite a lot lately. For years I thought I was supposed to go into music, but after diving head first into a music therapy major, I discovered that as much as I loved music, I just couldn't picture myself being a music therapist, and I certainly didn't have what it takes to be a music performer. At least, not in the way students are trained to be. So I switched schools, and switched majors, and now I'm studying to become a social worker.
But is that what I'm meant for?
This question haunts millions of people every day. Even if they're out of school and have been working for 15 years, or are retired and trying to find something new to do. This question doesn't care if you're 5 or 105, it will haunt you nonetheless. It is a relentless question that repeats itself over and over, even after you think you've figured out the answer.
Which is why I think I've cracked the code.
So what is the answer to the question, you wonder?
That's simple.
There Isn't One.
That's right. There is no solid answer to the question "What Am I Meant For." A person can live 100 years and never figure it out. Christians say that we are meant to spread God's Word. But, as a Christian, I don't see it that way. Are we here on this Earth to spread God's Word and live in His Light? Sure. But is that what He has planned for us alone? No. So what are we meant for? By what means are we MEANT to spread His Word? We may never know. A person may live 50 years singing music, spreading their message that way, but the question still rings in the back of their minds "Is this what I'm meant to be doing?"
The way I've figured it out is that we don't have to limit us to one thing that we're MEANT to do. If you love music, but you also love chemistry, then do both! Become a chemist and perform at coffee shoppes on the weekend. If you love children but you also love pottery, then start a children's pottery class! Why should we limit ourselves when we have been gifted with so many incredible talents?
God has made each of us special and individual. He designed each of us in His image and gifted each of us in a perfect way. He doesn't want us to choose just one path we think we're supposed to go. He wants us to follow Him and to realize that He desires for us to use EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR TALENTS. They're there for a reason.
So What Are You Meant To Do?
You decide. Follow God's Path. And Be True To Every Single One Of Your Talents. Don't Isolate Just One.
You Are Blessed.
