You have just as much right to be here as do the stars in the heavens. Many people feel as if they are just taking up space. Or feel the space they are taking up is being wasted on them. They feel that God is somehow "out there." But they are separated from God and everything and everyone else. There must be some kind of invisible barrier between them and everything else. You feel this way?
You can feel closer to God by just believing that because you exist, just exist, you have every right to be here. (Of course, you are more than your mere existence; but let's start here.) Not only every right but as part of God Itself you are as close to God as anyone could possibly be. The barrier that is put up or feels like it's put up, is within you; it is not between you and God. God accepts no barriers. God would break them all down if It could.
The very reason this is so, that there are no real barriers, is because you are part of Existence. You exist therefore you are part of Existence. Look at your hands. Go ahead, look at your hands. You see there are two instruments by which things are done. Those two hands of yours may do things that cannot be done by anyone else. Oh, you may say, surely what I do can be done by almost anyone else. That may be true. But no one will ever do those things in exactly the same way that you do them. If you did not do them in that way Existence would be less than it could be. Existence seeks to be all that It can. Thus, you are needed.
Therefore, because you exist, you are part of the Greater Existence. And your part is unique, no one else is exactly like you or ever will be. Now when you believe this, and belief is a choice, you will find that you are closer to God. Some of the self-erected barrier that you have put up has been breached by this newfound idea that because you exist you are needed.
Now, what can you do to feel needed further? What one idea from this article can you put into effect immediately? Look at your hands again. Do something unique with those hands and feel the need Existence has of you. You can do something right now to feel needed. The something around the house need to be fixed? Or cleaned? Does someone need to be cheered up? Does someone need to be talked through a particular problem? Someone need encouragement? Pick one of these questions and answered for yourself and you will feel closer to God. If these questions do not suffice, invent your own question and answer it. You will feel closer to God.
