The Question That Changes Everything: Where Am I Needed Right Now?

The sacred shift that happens when we stop building kingdoms and start building community.

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From time to time, in the quiet moments — under hot water in the shower, or just before sleep pulls me under — I hear these words rise from somewhere deep in my soul:

“Find where you are needed.”

It’s one of those phrases that doesn’t yell. It whispers. But over the years, that whisper has rooted itself in the corners of who I am. When I find myself back at the proverbial drawing board, trying to figure out where to go next, those words return like an old friend. A quiet compass. A core idea I keep coming back to.

I’ll be brutally honest…I’m especially prone to selfishness.

Left unchecked, my thoughts naturally drift toward myself — my life, my stress, my needs, my preferences. My own little kingdom of concerns. That’s not a confession I offer lightly. It’s just true. I can get consumed by my own story.

Which is why having something that pulls me out of my own head is so important. Anchors outside myself. Ideas. Rhythms. Beauty. Art, in particular, has always been a good reset button for me — it shakes my gaze loose from the narrowness of…