{"id":1730,"date":"2024-10-22T20:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T00:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2024-10-23T15:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:53:21","slug":"mattering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/mattering\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattering"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BookWhen I first had the, \u201cI really need to publish a book, plus I am tired of no one really understanding Spirit Moxie\u201d conversation with my self, I chose the working title, Mattering<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/span>But I soon discovered that the problem with that title was that no one really understood what it meant. Mattering<\/i> didn\u2019t invite one to grab a copy off a bookshelf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So when I first tried to save a draft of this Conversation piece, I got the message, \u201cAn item with the same name \u201cMattering\u201d already exists in the same folder. Do you want to replace it?\u201d Ahhh. I\u2019d forgotten my book\u2019s working title. So now those initial files are safely in their own folder under the book\u2019s final title Moxie Moves:10 easy ways to make a powerful difference<\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ShirtToday it is \u201cmattering\u201d as its own topic that is haunting me. Spirit Moxie, which has become part of my identity, now has a life of its own. Most of its fairly original ideas, which were once a tad controversial, are now common place. I\u2019m single and alone a good deal of the time. I was pretty tired when the feeling that \u201cI don\u2019t matter\u201d hit me a few days ago. Even while I was tired, I could journal a bit. I remembered that my children can\u2019t really imagine a world without me, that I have great friends who love me, and that there are at least one dog and one cat on this world who miss me terribly when I\u2019m not around\u2014or at least their behavior when I reappear is indicative of that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On a larger scale, why do we find claiming that we matter so difficult? Here in our Conversations and on our YouTube channel<\/a>, I\u2019ve repeatedly reminded all of us that we make a difference. But I\u2019m betting that many readers put themselves aside as the one exception. Other people matter. But how could I?<\/p>\n

As I write this, we\u2019re approaching an election in the United States. Do you really believe it matters that you vote as we have claimed it does? And what was that about sleep which is one of the 10 ways to make a difference discussed in Moxie Moves<\/i><\/a>? How could my sleeping, tired or not, change the world as a whole? Plus what about recycling? Does it really make a difference? Don\u2019t they just throw everything away anyway?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing this during a MeetUp<\/a> hosted by my housemate. While no one cares, really, what I\u2019m writing, it\u2019s not mirroring the group\u2019s official writing genre. Does it matter that I\u2019m mainly here to support?<\/p>\n

\"decorativeAnd so it goes. Who, me? Matter? Turn it around! In the upcoming election, it matters that there is a person I\u2019d prefer have elected. A vote<\/a> at the very least acknowledges that and affirms the importance of participating. Getting a good night\u2019s sleep makes me more productive and a lot easier to be around as well as healthier. And, when I was working on the \u201cRecycle\u201d Conversation<\/a> post linked here, I visited a recycling plant, so I have seen recycling work. Plus, here at the MeetUp, I just lent some paper to a guy who asked what we are doing and sat down to join us. The participant sitting next to me signed up for Spirit Moxie emails and voiced interest in \u201cmattering\u201d as a topic. So, I mattered to them, and they mattered to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It works that way. One of my favorite social media hashtags is #makingadifference. Much of this is accomplished by claiming that you do, indeed, matter. If you can\u2019t see it right now, take a breath. Look around – and at yourself. Yup. No one else sees or acts as you do. It is the claiming that is key.<\/p>\n

Thank you for mattering.<\/p>\n

____________________<\/p>\n

Images from the top:
\nBed, book, and bear \u2014 Spirit Moxie
\nShirt – you\u00a0 are where you need to be \u2014 Spirit Moxie
\nShelves, MeetUp location, Bula Kava House<\/a> \u2014 No\u00ebl Ponthieux<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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