10 things to know and do while discerning your vocation

1. 10 things to know and do while discerning your vocation By: Eddie Bernas

2. Pray • Everyday and ask God for help in your everyday life • Find a place you can easily pray • By yourself • Groups • Church • adoration

3. Believe • That you have a true vocation or calling • Have faith • In God • Certain friends

4. Trust • That God is doing what is best • In your own judgment (yourself)

5. Listen • To what God is telling you • Parents • Teachers • Advisors • Counselors • Scripture

6. Slow down sometimes • Take time out of your day to pause and just let the stress go • Take a day off on the weekend

7. Ask a religious • What is it like to be a priest brother or a sister? • How did they find their calling?

8. Ask a family member • Parents • Relatives • Others can help you when it comes to certain matters • When all else fails ask Grandma and Grandpa

9. Find yourself • Find what you want and think about it • Find what you like to do • Find that happy place/thought

10. Ask yourself what interests you • What do you like • Things you are good at • Make sure you like what you are doing

11. Relax • Don’t get worked up and angry it doesn’t help • Getting angry will slow you down and take you off course