"So many men fail to distinguish between a job and a vocation. If they do examine the difference, they realize t hat what they had all their lives was a job but what they want is a vocation - something that gives them a vision of not a part of the castle but of the whole castle, some arrangement by which their work names who they are....
Yet it remains only a desire in most men's souls today, to find their vision, what they were created to do, what they want to do, even if it doesn't earn as much money. If we are not willing to ask the economic question, to take a decrease in salary, for example, we are not really serious about going on the quest. That's why Jesus told the fishermen apostles, 'leave your nets' - and that's the only livelihood they had (Matthew 4:19-22).
Family and job often keep us from the quest. They're the most sacred things in most of our lives, and often it's the most sacred things that hold us back. "Leaving the boat and their father, they followed him." (4:22)."
Richard Rohr
Quest for the Grail
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