If your intentions are good, then it means your impact will be good too. Right? Well, that’s not always how it works. You can be thoughtful, hardworking and reliable and still be in the way. Sometimes the problem is not malice or neglect by the people around you. Sometimes it’s just your over-involvement. Over-helping. Over-correcting. Wanting things to go well so badly that you start smothering the very people or processes you think you are trying to support. You might be fixing things that were never broken. Stepping in before someone else has had the chance to try. Offering solutions where space to struggle would have been the real gift.

This is not an attack on you. It is an invitation to consider that being well-meaning does not automatically mean you are helping. That your energy might be creating pressure, not support. That your need to keep things smooth might be making it hard for others to find their own way. So maybe next time you really want to help, ask yourself whether you’re giving people room to grow, or just room to follow.