Did We Ever Need to Be Useful to Someone?

“Be someone who is useful to others.”

Most of us have heard that phrase growing up. At school, at home, in society—being “useful” gets equated with being valuable. But do we really have to be useful to someone?

Sometimes, just pausing to think about it, the pressure feels suffocating.

What Does “Being Useful” Even Mean?

The phrase “being useful” carries a sense of duty or expectation.

Are you suppressing your own feelings just to meet someone else’s expectations?

But here’s the thing: simply by existing, you’re already affecting people. Even if you don’t do anything special, your presence alone can be a support for someone.

Cherish What You Love

Sometimes, the urge to “be useful” makes us ignore our own likes and joys.

But people who are absorbed in what they love often end up inspiring or uplifting those around them without even trying.

You don’t have to force yourself to be useful. Fulfilling yourself can, in the end, be the very thing that helps someone else.

The Freedom to “Not Be Useful”

The freedom to think, “I don’t have to be useful to anyone,” is incredibly important.
It frees you from duty and pressure, letting you live as your true self.

And in that natural state, people who are drawn to you, or even saved by your existence, will appear.

In Conclusion

Did we ever really need to be useful to someone?

Everyone’s answer will be different. But you don’t have to force yourself to be useful.

Living as your authentic self is, in the end, what supports others the most.

Relax your shoulders, and live at your own pace.