Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Greater Geraldton - Issue No.: 780 Issue Date: 15 Apr, 2024

What do we mean by vocation, anyway?

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

It’s a question most often put to us by our parents, teachers, and friends.

The word “vocation” gets bandied about quite a lot in Rotary circles

Vocation really means “a calling,” a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work or occupation.

Vacation and vocation don’t have to be that far apart if you are doing what you love. Honestly, I think a lot of people confuse the word vocation with what we actually do to earn a buck. But vocation really means “a calling,” a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work or occupation. In other words, spending your life doing what your mind and heart feel called to do.

When you’ve found your calling, you know it. You are driven by a passion that fills your life with fulfillment and satisfaction. And it’s that kind of passion that drives Rotary members to celebrate serving through their vocation.

Someone who has a gift for fixing things and working with their hands might be passionate about building. They might use their vocation to build outdoor toilets to improve hygiene in a third world country with help from fellow Rotary members and a grant from the Rotary Foundation.

A person whose gifts are in entrepreneurship and who is passionate about working at home might use their vocation to develop web projects to assist disabled people in their local community.

Whatever your vocation or true calling is, Rotary can help you grow and develop as a person, and reach your full potential.

Your unique gifts and talents can be applied to Rotary service. And in Rotary, you can find opportunities that allow you to exercise your talents and use your capabilities to the fullest extent possible.

Ultimately, whatever your vocation or true calling is, Rotary can help you grow and develop as a person, and reach your full potential. And that is something we would all like to accomplish, isn’t it?

Michelle BigRedCrow Mitchell wins the wine with the Two of Hearts.

(Plus I have snuck a couple of images from Rachel in! -Doc)