{"id":5735,"date":"2015-10-05T21:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T01:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:48:36","slug":"day-91-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=5735","title":{"rendered":"Day 91: Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"

My chiropractor is a compact, athletic guy who can adjust my neck and spine with the ease and speed of a hotel maid making up a\u00a0bed.<\/p>\n

My limbs fall like sheets under his hands, and he tucks and straightens\u00a0until I am aligned to\u00a0the structure\u00a0I was manufactured with.<\/p>\n

I appreciate anyone who does their job well; but when that person can put\u00a0bones into place so gracefully, that’s a higher calling.<\/p>\n

I asked him today why he decided to become a chiropractor. He said it took awhile. When he was in medical school, his teachers were all very dismissive of chiropractors and he didn’t question it.<\/p>\n

Then he noticed that his left leg was much smaller than his right leg. He somehow found his way to a chiropractor.<\/p>\n

As an athlete, playing rugby, he realized immediately how significant it\u00a0was. He was able to kick ass and lead his team to a win after the chiropractic adjustments.<\/p>\n

So he started doing his own research into the effectiveness of this treatment. And what he found was different than what his teachers had told him.<\/p>\n

Then he surprised me by adding that\u00a0the key thing, the turning point, was that he asked God for help.<\/p>\n

He described himself talking to God: “I don’t know what to do here. I don’t want to just have a job and earn a living. I want it to have meaning.”<\/p>\n

Being a chiropractor was the answer he got.\u00a0He found his calling.<\/p>\n

There are 1,000 books out there about how to find your true vocation. I’ve read at least a dozen of them. There are classes and workshops and exercises and tests, and you could spend a lot of money trying to find your calling.<\/p>\n

Or you could do what my chiropractor said: Open up your mind and listen with your soul.<\/p>\n

I’m trying to take the adjustment inside. Just shut up now, let my soul do the listening, keep my mind open.<\/p>\n

Today’s penny is a 2015. This year will lead somewhere in the direction of my next calling.<\/p>\n

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