Editorial February 12, 1979 Issue

Direction for a career

Naomi Price

"What is my goal in life? What do I want to accomplish during the next half century? What is God's will for me to accomplish in eternity?" These are questions we might ask ourselves when we are at any crossroad in our human career. They help to bring right perspective to our deliberations.

While we are in high school and college we periodically have to commit ourselves to specific lines of study, and sometimes we feel inadequate to make the kinds of decisions that future developments will prove sound. Today the educational options are so numerous that we may feel bewildered—like a child in a supermarket where the shelves are packed with a thousand toys from which he may choose just one to take home.

We may believe decisions come more easily to one who has a special interest or talent—for music, perhaps, or for space exploration. Or to one who feels definite concern to help humanity find comfort and health, or who has a deep, searching interest in archaeology. "They're fortunate," we may think. "They're already halfway toward deciding which courses to take."

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