{"id":9082,"date":"2022-09-22T10:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chabadoncampus.nl\/twists-and-turns-higher-calling-in-life\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:17:05","slug":"twists-and-turns-higher-calling-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chabadoncampus.nl\/en\/twists-and-turns-higher-calling-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Twists and turns \u2013 \u201cHigher Calling\u201d in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Some days ago, I encountered a Facebook post by Rabbi Pinchas Taylor, which I very much needed that day. Rabbi Taylor said: \u201cOften when your path is more difficult, your calling is higher<\/em>\u201d. I found those words to be a huge relief that day but also food for thought.<\/p>\n\n What does it mean though that \u201cyour calling is higher<\/em>\u201d? I believe some people would think about success in the terms our contemporary society is constructed. It is right. To have a family, to start a company, or to survive despite all the odds \u2013 it is also right! There is no wrong definition of a higher calling, especially since it will be something different for each of us. After making this disclaimer, I think I am ready to introduce to you several life stories with \u201ctwists and turns<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n When visiting drugstores we always see many small stalls filled in with the products of many brands. One of them is Max Factor<\/a>. The brand was founded by Maksymilian Faktorowicz (also known as Max Factor Sr.), a Polish Jew born in Zdunska Wola. Maksymilian\u2019s family could not afford any formal education for their four children. That is why Maksymilian had to start working when he was eight, and his first job was as an assistant to a dentist and a pharmacist. When he was nine, he was an apprentice to a wig maker in Lodz, Poland.<\/p>\n\n