Inspirational Sources

This list of sources includes stories about becoming who you are while living out your vocation and purpose. Take time to pause and reflect on musings from others' inspirational journeys. 

Articles and Blogs

• How to Find Your Purpose in Life, by Jeremy Adam Smith
  
• I Asked 5,000 People How They Stay Passionate at Work, by Morten T. Hansen
• Vocation Matters, by Hannah Schell
• When You Realize You'll Never Get Your Dream Job, Harvard Review

Books

All Books Available for Check-out by Faculty, Staff, and Students in the Career Services Library.

• Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer
  A compassionate and compelling meditation on discovering your path in life, featuring multiple pieces of reflection on purpose.

• The Treasure Hunt of Your Life: Seeking Your Calling, Encountering God, Finding Yourself by Rebecca Schlatter
  A musing on the search for personal meaning as an inspiring adventure filled with passion, significance, and abundant life.

• The Fabric of this World by Lee Hardy
  An in-depth historical, philosophical, theological--and practical--exploration of work from an evangelical perspective.

Poetry

• The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver
• To Be of Use, by Marge Piercy
• Where the Map Begins, by Jan Richardson

Videos

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
• Commencement Speech at Notre Dame by Father Boyle