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Nobody Ever "Arrives" · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
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• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: In the faith community, there's a lot of talk about the concept of calling.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Most Christian leaders have experienced some type of calling toward their work.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: They see it as a spiritual invitation from God, sort of a continuation of the great tradition of biblical leaders like Moses, David, and Paul who experienced a supernatural calling.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Most writers feel this way about their work too.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: In fact, you probably feel some type of nudge or pull toward your creative work.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: Regardless of whether you believe this comes from God or from some other place, the important thing is that you obey this calling and don't try to run from it.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: Whenever you run from your calling, you're unhappy.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: I think we've all felt that way at times.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: When we do the work to fulfill our calling, we feel satisfied and we have a deep sense of joy and we also serve other people well with our gifts.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: When we run away from those things, we feel unhappy, we feel unfulfilled, we feel like a piece of a puzzle that just isn't fitting quite right into this life.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: One thing to remember about our calling, though, is that it's never finished.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: It's an ongoing pilgrimage that lasts your whole life.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_00: Jeff Goyne said, your calling is not a destination.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a journey that doesn't end until you die.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: I love those words.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: And the truth is that none of us ever arrives, quote unquote, as a writer in the sense that we've learned all that we can or that we somehow have completed our mission.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: The mission, which is your calling, it never ends.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: It's not about how many books you write or how many other accomplishments that you have.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: It's about living as a writer and embracing the creative life.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: And when we do that, then we can truly fulfill our potential.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: Then we can write those books and achieve those goals and we can do all the things that are important to us.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: But before we do that, we have to step into what we have been called to do.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: And that's always a journey worth taking.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do you feel about the truth that you've been called and that you will never be finished and that you will never, quote unquote, arrive?
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_00: And are you committed to staying in a growth mode so that you can accomplish what you've been called in this life to do as a creative and as a writer?
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: Just something to think about.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, before I wrap up this episode, I want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by the Daily Writer Club.
• 2:36
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• 2:43
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• 2:47
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• 3:02
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• 3:06
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks for listening, and I'll see you tomorrow.