I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these

Hear the voice of Karlie Kloss, who spoke with gratitude and awe: “I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these incredible things thanks to my career.” This utterance is not merely the boasting of one blessed with fortune, but a hymn to the truth that labor, when pursued with devotion, can become the very wings that carry a soul across the vastness of the earth. For the career is not only the means of survival—it is also the vessel through which destiny reveals itself, opening doors to lands, to people, to wonders unknown.

Mark well, O listener, that her words point to a mystery as old as time: that the road of one’s work is also the road of one’s becoming. Just as the blacksmith’s hammer shapes not only iron but the man himself, so too does the chosen craft shape the horizons of life. To those who give themselves fully to their art, their skill, their profession, the world unveils itself like a scroll, line by line, marvel by marvel. Kloss, through her walk in the world of fashion, was borne to distant shores, not by chance, but by the strength of her dedication and the path she chose to tread.

Consider the tale of Marco Polo, whose life of trade led him across deserts and seas into the heart of the East. It was his vocation, his pursuit of commerce, that became the bridge by which he entered the courts of emperors and the marketplaces of ancient cities. What others might see as mere work became for him a passage into wonder, into discovery, into the unfolding majesty of the world. In this we see the echo of Kloss’s words: that one’s career, faithfully embraced, can transform into a key unlocking the gates of global experience.

But let us also reflect on the deeper current beneath her words: the call to gratitude. For not all who labor are mindful of the gifts their labor bestows. Some toil and see only hardship, while others toil and see the horizon stretching endlessly before them. Kloss teaches us that to recognize the blessings of one’s career—to honor the doors it has opened—is itself a form of wisdom. Gratitude transforms the weary road into a sacred pilgrimage, and the mundane task into a stepping-stone to greatness.

Yet beware, children of time, of mistaking her meaning. The teaching is not that travel and wonders come only to the famous or the fortunate. Rather, it is this: that commitment to one’s craft, whatever it may be, brings forth opportunities beyond imagining. The teacher, through her career, travels through generations, shaping lives she will never see. The farmer, through his career, journeys across seasons, binding himself to the eternal rhythms of earth. The healer, through her career, steps into the hearts of countless families, becoming part of their stories. Each career, when lived with devotion, is a doorway into marvels—different marvels, but no less incredible.

And what lesson shall we take from this? That you, too, must cherish your labor. Pour yourself into it not only for wages, but for the growth of your spirit. Seek the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary. See how your work connects you to the wider world, to people, to cultures, to knowledge you would otherwise never touch. Like Kloss, like Polo, recognize that your career can be more than toil—it can be your journey through the great tapestry of life.

Therefore, live with both diligence and gratitude. Do not despise your work, nor take for granted the paths it opens. Instead, seek in it the possibility of transformation, the chance to encounter life in its fullness. Then, when you speak of your days, you too may say with truth: “I have experienced incredible things thanks to my career.” For such is the eternal wisdom—that the road of labor, walked with faith, becomes the road of wonder.