I think we are entitled to here to draw a straight line and say that society can never prosper but must always be bankrupt, until every man does that which he was created to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wealth from The Conduct of Life
Would that this was possible - it seems a good proposition. So long as people only do those things they feel they are compelled to do - rather than what they were created to do - the society is bankrupt. No one adds to society if not permitted to do that thing they were intended to do.
But under what circumstances are people supposed to know what they are created to do? Maybe they were created to help fulfill another's destiny - and that person has the advantage of knowing what that is. I find I prefer the word "vocation" rather than "career" you can several unrelated jobs, yet have an overriding purpose.
I would like to think that everyone gets a turn to be what she or he was created to be - to know what it feels like. Sooner rather than later.
