What Your Frustrations Reveal About Your Calling
Sometimes we are led by joy but many times we are called forward by frustration.
It’s not always the beautiful ideas that stir us into action. Often, it’s the ache. The sharp edge of what feels wrong or unfair. The daily rub of something missing that no one else seems to notice.
Your frustrations could be revealing your calling.
“Frustration shapes a dream. There is something missing, something lacking, or something unjust happening in the world, and the only one who seems to notice it is you. But that’s how it’s supposed to work. You notice a problem that no one else is addressing, and it eats at you until you’re finally willing to do something about it.”
Frustration eats at you. The annoyance lingers. The injustice stirs you. The issues that press on your heart, the questions you can’t stop asking, the “someone should do something about that” thoughts you have on repeat… those are clues worth following.
Frustration doesn’t always mean you’re in the wrong place. It might mean you are the right person to do something new.
It’s tempting to downplay that inner siren. To wait for someone else to care. To hope the problem resolves without your involvement. But sometimes that ache is the invitation. It’s how calling begins to surface.
When we pay attention to what frustrates us, and when we get curious about it instead of shutting it down, we often uncover deep values, hidden hopes and the shape of a dream that hasn’t yet come into being.
So if something’s bothering you more than it should, maybe ask why.
What’s the deeper longing underneath that irritation?
What’s the world missing that you are longing to make right?
Frustration is a siren worth following. You might be hearing the whispers of your calling.
With you in the journey,
Justine
Reflection:
What frustration have you been carrying that might actually be a clue to your contribution?