Because I firmly believe that God has given me this strong sense of faith and the calmness and seemingly relaxed attitude that comes with it, it makes perfect sense that God would want this to lead to my vocation and profession as well. There have been many times that my sense of calm and -- not exactly optimism, but a sense that things really work out all the time: faith, I suppose -- have enabled me to help other individuals that were struggling or suffering and did not have the same sense of calm or the same feeling of guidance and certainty. I look around me and see many people that are very stressed out about their lives, the direction in which they are headed, the choices they have to make and the ones they have already made, and a host of other factors involved with their frantice search for their own way. The irony is that they...

I believe that my vocation has something to do with counseling, supporting, calming, and strengthening others. I have been given natural gifts in seeing the ultimate goodness in life and the presence of the divine in our daily actions and occurrences, and I believe that God wants me to sue this gift in service to Him and to others. There are many different ways in which this might occur, but this is the general principle and overall calling that I feel is a part of myself and a part of my faith in God.
Trying to determine at this moment exactly what profession I should be would be antithetical to the vocational pull I feel. It isn't simply a matter of listening to your heart, but of letting that heart be open to guidance and ongoing course corrections.