Something I’ve come to integrate deeply is this: Wherever we find ourselves, we matter. Not because everything is “meant to be” in some passive way, but because our presence always affects the whole. Life isn’t random — yet it’s not fixed either. We are constantly in relationship with what’s happening. Every situation invites something from us: awareness, honesty, choice, growth. Even painful moments have a place in the larger movement of life — not because they should have happened, but because they can be met consciously. When we zoom out and become the observer, we begin to see life not as something that happens to us, but as a living play we are actively part of. The question is never “Why am I here?” The real question is: Who am I choosing to be in this moment?