Culture, economic circumstances, family traditions, local customs and more can often influence us more than we realize. With the benefit of hindsight, we asked some wise and experienced members of our community whether they think they are doing what they were meant to do or told to do.
Tyla Flood
I think I’m doing what I was born to do. I find so much joy in creating my art, meeting new clients, catching up with repeat clients, and most of all I love delivering beautiful galleries to my clients! Read more >>>
Marc Williams
I’m doing now what I believe I was born to do. That is to create things. I’m no good with factory labor or monotonous work like that. My mind doesn’t have the ability to still itself for such things. Even going to the store sometimes fills me with anxiety because I want to be doing what I do with music. Read more >>>
Elizabeth Golembiewski
I am living what I was born to do. Teaching has always been woven into who I am—it’s not something I stumbled upon, it’s something that’s guided me since childhood. When I was twelve years old, I gathered the younger children in the neighborhood and organized a little craft class. Read more >>>
Abby Daigle
I’m absolutely doing what I was born to do — even after ignoring my parents’ advice to pursue a career outside the family business. I simply couldn’t walk away from the wedding industry; I love it in every form. I was born into it, quite literally, having lived in the mansion on the Barr Mansion property with my family until my teens. Read more >>>
Heather Miller
All I can say to this is that Im not sure if I am doing what I was born to do, I know I am doing what I love to do but I am definitely not doing what I was told to do. Read more >>>
