Finding The Way

Oliver Goldsmith was born the son of a poor pastor in Ireland in the 1700s. He was not a smart boy, his teachers made fun of him as a foolish boy. He graduated from college at the bottom of the rankings.

At first, Goldsmith wanted to try to become a pastor, but he later felt unsuitable. He tried in law but failed. He then tried to set his heart in medicine but again he didn’t fit in.

Goldsmith did not despair of finding his way in life. Eventually, he found his interest in writing. At first he worked as a writer on Fleet Street, then later he began writing novels, becoming a poet, and becoming a playwright.

That’s where Goldsmith became known as a world-class great writer. His works such as “The Vicar of Wakefield”, “The Deserted Village”, and “She Stoops to Conquer” won many awards and achieved great success.

A lot of people experience like Goldsmith, trying this doesn’t fit, trying it doesn’t fit, not maximal in this field, not developing in that field. As a result, his life was just like that.

Worse still, he didn’t try to find a way in life like Goldsmith, but he still did what he used to do, even though he didn’t enjoy his job and was not successful in that line of work. It’s like an eagle living in a pack of turkeys. The eagle actually felt unsuitable to live on land, but what could be done, instead of starving to death he chose to keep scavenging the land in searching for worms.

God created us very uniquely. God equips us with different potentials and strengths. Our task is to discover the superior potential within us and how to use those interests and talents as a path for us to success. If today we feel that we have not found superior potential in ourselves, continue to look for a way of life that truly matches our interests, talents, strengths and advantages.

We cannot be maximal if we do not find our “field”. Being close to God is the key so that we can see the path God has shown us in our lives until we can achieve that success in the end.

“For it is in Him that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.”