answer one's calling

[answer one's calling] {v. phr.}

To fulfill one's destiny in terms of work or profession by doing what one has a talent for.

* /Don answered his calling when he became a chiropractor. Susy answered her calling when she became a violinist./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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