The right place

The person behind the desk asked, “Can I help you?”

I replied, “Maybe. I’m not sure if I’m in the right place.”

This happens sometimes, too, in an existential sense. We look around and we wonder, “Am I in the right place? Is this where I’m supposed to be?”

And there might be people along the way who help us to answer that question. But when our vision is clear, we can help others. We can choose the generous act of noticing someone doing right and saying, “I see you. You’re doing a good thing here.”

Or the more generous act of offering, “If it’s not here, then where is it that you want to go? I will do what I can to help you get there.”