In Charlotte Mason’s book addressed to students, she wrote them a chapter on vocation. This episode concludes our series on the first book of Ourselves and is an informal chat about our calling in general, our children’s callings in particular, and some of the ways we can encourage them to follow theirs.
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Ourselves (Volume 4), Book I: Part IV
All quotes below are from Ourselves, Book I, pages 204-210
“What sort of person is of use in the world?” [she noted] — not necessarily the most “brilliant and handsome of your friends”.
“Everyone has immense ‘chances,’ as they are called; but the business of each is to be ready for his chance.”
“…his calling, or, if you like to name it so, his chance, comes to the person who is ready for it.”
“All callings have one thing in common––they are of use”
“…intention to be of use is not enough. We must get the habit, the trick, of usefulness.”
“…you may depend upon it that the useful members of a family have had much practice in being of use, that is, they have looked out for their chances.”
“…every time we do a thing helps to form the habit of doing it; and to do a thing a hundred times without missing a chance, makes the rest easy.”
“God…does not leave us blundering about in search of the right thing; if He finds us waiting, ready and willing, He gives us a call.”
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Thirty Million Words, Dana Suskind
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I loved this episode and it was also my favorite section when I read Ourselves Book 1 with my local reading group this year. How do you talk with your teens about college? Is it assumed they will go? If not how do you deal with the money set aside by well meaning grandparents?