The title of this thread is sometimes what we tell people jokingly if they present you some ability that they haven't shown before. Usually it's said tongue-in-cheek.
Sometimes missing your calling be a cause for grief. My MIL, who became a retail worker's union leader in. her mid-sixties loved it with a passion, and after she retired 7 years later, she told me, "I had a wasted life" meaning, she could have pursued her passion earlier, but she repressed her ambitions because she thought it would have hurt her family life.
I remember an incident that must have been many years ago, when my one of my favorite aunts was taking me to lunch and we were chatting about life, and she said, "I want to figure out what I want to do with my life." She was 70 at the time, and I was maybe 50 or so and I remember thinking to myself "You better hurry up!" She had given up a nursing career to raise her family.
Yesterday, I watched for the second time the movie Finding Joe--a documentary about Joseph Campbell (full movie on YouTube here), who I LOVE. The documentary goes through his description and examples of the Hero's Journey and the whole idea of his famous quote: "Follow Your Bliss"
So, my question is:
Where are you with your calling?
Have you followed your bliss?
How has living a simple life helped/hindered that?
Do feel you are still listening for your calling?
If you truly followed your bliss, where would that take you? What unfinished business do you feel you have in terms of living your own unique life?