Is this all there is?

There is a universal sense of a call which is more than what we are called to do with our lives. There are questions in life which are not answered, which move beyond the superficial. We know how easy it is to classify people by their work, by their successes or by what they own. There is something which allows us to be familiar with the arena in which we work, which provides us with some security and sense of worth. However, this can be sorely tested if we are asked the question about whether this is all that we are called to be? When our life is too closely identified with our occupation or our daily activity. We can start to think that we only have value when we are doing things which appear worthwhile. Yet the deeper question that Jesus asks is, who do we love when we do what we are doing? This is more than just being lost in activity but allowing us to discover that our humanity is expressed in who we love, so that we can love what we are doing. How do I understand this call that Jesus places before us?