Born
into a world
With
expectations ready-made
A
culture and society
Where
I am told to make the grade
To
have a good and worthy life
Is
what I’m always told to seek
Find
good work and a vocation
Is
what I always hear them speak
But
what is the point of work in life
How
can I know what I should choose
What
can I now profess to be
Where
in the end I will not lose
Get
good education and good training
Protect
my status in all ways
Money
I make also important
I
hear these things so many days
Focus
on benefits some will tell me
And
all the perks offered to some
Focus
on how I feel about my tasks
So
days can be easy as they come
Others
may say work is a sacrifice
A
burden I am compelled to bear
It’s
what I must do in life to make it
Whether
or not I feel it’s fair
Some
say it’s about my natural aptitude
And
the good things that I can do
Some
say it’s about what I have studied
And
what I did and what I knew
But
none of this can really help me
As
through the wilderness I roam
At
best it offers hopeless hope
But
can never really get me home
But
I was not born for validation
Or
for what my ego says I need
I
was not born to prove I’m worthy
I
was not born to live in greed
I
was not born to live from fear
Or
to prove that I can survive
Not
born for what is hard or easy
Or
to be flattered while alive
I
was born for blessed purpose
Reflected
in all I do and be
I
was born to fulfill purpose
I
was born to fulfill destiny
I
was born to be inspired
Blessing
all alive and yet to be
An
instrumentality of purpose
A
gift to all humanity
I
was born to profess passion
Inspired
passion plain to see
Born
to contribute all I am
Born
to be merely what is me
I
was born for self-expression
Not
just to make it and survive
I
was born for contribution
Merely
because I am alive
I
am inspired talents and intentions
Divine
gifts designed to flow through me
The
conduit for eternal blessings
The Passionate Professional that is me
