The Calling Quotes

“And unless I'm remembering it wrong, mermaids don't sing and sirens don't swim."
"Ariel sang in 'The Little Mermaid'," Corey said.
Sam came over to join us. "Do I even want to know why you remember her name?”
― Kelley Armstrong, The Calling

“I think the common experience is that modern shamans are called by the spirits; we just don’t have a collective belief system or community that recognizes the calling for what it is.”
― S. Kelley Harrell, Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

“There’s a dream I keep having,“ Sheridan whispered into the telephone. “The dream has always been the same—until tonight.”

“And what happened tonight?” asked Lil’ John.

Sheridan hesitated, his words stumbling out in tentative phrases: “The man in my dream . . . he spoke to me for the first time . . . he told me of a sacred gift that had been lost . . . a gift that could save the world.”

“Your dream,” John urged gently. “Is the gods conspiring to give you freedom, just like the elders sang that night in the Sundance ceremony:”
When worlds collide
There sounds a tolling
A call to rise
And seize the moment
The gods conspire
To give us freedom
When worlds collide
The journey has begun
Sheridan pulled at the collar of his t-shirt, Lil’ John’s words suffocating him. Pushing back from the precipice of dread, Sheridan strained to speak, his husky words weak and staggering: “What are you saying?”

“Your search for the sacred gift has already begun . . .”
― Phillip White

“We will struggle with self-doubt, distractions, addictions, unhappiness and dissatisfaction until we surrender and commit to our God-given calling.”
― Shannon Tanner, Worthy: The POWER of Wholeness

“Answering our calling is our greatest journey, the one that leads us back home to the truth of who we are.”
― Shannon Tanner, Worthy: The POWER of Wholeness

“We are called to spread God's love to the world.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“No matter where we are on our unique journey, we have a purpose. When discovered, we know what our true medicine is for which we are to offer up to ourselves and the world. Why follow someone else's teaching when you are here to follow the teachings of your heart and Soul? Why study the medicine of another, when your own sacred medicine is a healer.

When we live with true compassion and love for ourselves and others, it opens us to enlightenment. Allow the medicine in your Soul to rise, while waking up to know, you are wise. Accept your calling. Flutter your wings and fly. Walk and move into eternity. And, just as importantly, love yourself. Teach us your ways medicine man and woman. Let us taste your healing nectar.”
― Ulonda Faye, Sutras of the Heart: Spiritual Poetry to Nourish the Soul