As I've said on my blog before, I started a photography business a little over a month ago.  I did it in part for the tax benefits, but mostly because I really enjoy photography.  I want to become a better photographer, and I believe I learn something every day that will help me take better pictures.  I learn from magazines I read.  I currently have a subscription to Shutterbug and Popular Photography and Imaging thanks to my wonderful in-laws.  I work with two men who do photography for a second income, so I learn from them as well.  I learn from web sites I find, and from seeing other people's pictures.

 

Rebecca has told me that I need to take a class or classes before I can start charging people.  So, if anyone who reads my blog has a pile of extra money sitting around and want to use it to help me, I've found a couple of places where I'd like to take classes.  Check them out, they look like great places to learn photography.

 

How do you know your calling in life?  How does a person figure out that he or she should be a stuntman, a pilot, a writer, or President of the United States?  Do you really think there is one job that you are called to do in life?  Or could you be called to multiple jobs, either at different points in your life or even at the same time? 

 

I asked myself the question this morning as I sat down at my desk, "What is my calling?"  I had a difficult time coming up with an answer.  And the answers I came up with really didn't have anything to do with a job per se.  I believe I have been called to be a Christian and to set a Christian example in everything that I do.  I believe that every Christian should feel that their calling is to set a Christian example.  I also feel that I have been called to be the best husband that I can be for my wife.  To me, that means making sure her needs are met physically, emotionally and spiritually.  It didn't take me any time at all to come up with those callings, but I had a very difficult time coming up with anything else.  Is my calling in life to be a computer programmer?  Is my calling to be a photographer?  Is my calling something that I haven't even discovered yet?

 

I'm going to ask you to leave comments on this post because I'm interested in hearing about other people's callings and how those callings were discovered.