Uātēs and Life’s Calling
Uātēs and Life’s Calling: You Shall Live, and Fulfill Life to the Fulles
In ancient Roman religion, the uātēs was seen as a mediator between people and the gods — a seer, a poet, a translator of divine intention. Someone who could receive messages from the sacred and bring them into human understanding.
Today, the term uātēs has faded from common use, but its essence remains profoundly relevant. We can understand a uātēs as someone attuned to life’s deeper meaning — someone who listens inwardly, lives intentionally, and helps others do the same.
The Assignment of Life: To Live It Fully
One of the most essential tasks in life is to live it in its fullness. To embrace the adventure of becoming, to let what wants to grow in us emerge. This is not about chasing perfection, but about inhabiting our lives consciously and courageously.
It means developing our talents and capacities, and discovering the unique calling that shapes our presence in the world. It also means contributing — being of real value to others. When we activate our potential, we don’t just grow ourselves; we help others grow. We inspire, encourage, and open the way for others to walk their own path.
In doing so, we find meaning — not as a goal to be achieved, but as something that emerges when we live with integrity and intention.
From Inner Voice to Outer Impact
True fulfillment doesn’t come from external success alone. It arises when we listen inwardly, follow what feels deeply right, and allow ourselves to be moved — by passion, by truth, by what calls us.
When we live fully, we experience joy and presence. We become more available to life, more responsive to others, and more able to shape the future with care and clarity.
Living fully is not always easy. It requires courage to face discomfort, to slow down when the world speeds up, to say yes to what truly matters. But it is exactly in that stretch — in that tension between fear and possibility — that life becomes meaningful.
A Living Legacy
At its core, the assignment of life is about purpose and presence. About discovering what is yours to do — and then doing it with commitment, humility, and love.
And as we do, we leave a legacy — not necessarily in buildings or titles, but in lives touched, truths spoken, and paths opened for others to walk.
So let us awaken the uātēs within. Let us live from what feels true, from what is rooted in presence and guided by meaning.
Let us live our lives fully — not one day, but every day. With courage, clarity, and joy.
René de Baaij
