Light

 How might I have a sense that I am helping others.  For sure, it comes when we are a light in dark places.  Someone might talk about things that they have lost or how they feel lost.  This is a dark place, though often accompanied by self-pity.  No matter.  It is a darkness and if you are on a spiritual practice then you can become a light in their life.  Your heart connection will guide you on what to do and not to do, to say and not to say.  The prayer life you have will free you from mixing up your ego-self with good advice or action.  The ego wants praise.  It wants to feel better than the person in darkness.  The ego only acts to be helpful if it boosts the ego .  Pray and then act.