Purpose vs Survival

As I lay in the bath last night I was wondering about the difference between people working to survive and people working to live out their gifts and callings. The second group are definitely the happiest group because money has a very short satisfaction span. When you do that which you love, and you did not delve yourself into debt, you are generally satisfied with having little. The problem comes in when the wordly attractions lure us into buying things that we cannot really afford at the time. Then we need the money to pay and the job, which we love, cannot pay for that and we have to do something we dont really want to do. We sell our birthright to fit into the picture that the consumerist, capitalist, materialist west tells us to. We prostitute ourselves to the cravings of the world. Is it so important to do what you really like doing? Yes, it is such a part of who you are that you cannot ignore the emptiness inside that is created when ignoring the desire to fulfill your creative destiny. There are times when we do other things, not what we want or are gifted to do, but it should be short term and we should plan to get to the place where we pursue that thing which defines us. We all have a thumbprint of God in our life, that one thing that sets you apart from the rest. It is manifest through abilities, passions and interests. Do not ignore these or you will be ignoring the one who created you and you will ignore your own identity. Dont let a false sence of responsibility drive you to make more money or whatever. Be yourself, find the fingerprint of God in your life.