How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker seeks purpose and asks what inner qualities can serve others.
- In plain terms
- I want to know how I can help and what strengths I have.
- What can you take from it?
- Look inward to find your unique contribution.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What skills do you possess that others need?
- How can you serve others today?
Another view
Self-questioning without action may lead to paralysis.
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