I know you do. I meant, do you ever think you could do something amazing? Like… do you ever think you could, with your very own small life, write a memoir that someone would READ? Do you ever think that — years from now, when you’re gone — someone will think of you? Do you ever think that right this second, someone out there is thinking only about you? Do you ever think you really, really matter? Well, amigos, I hope you do. Because it’s true.
You matter. I matter. The guy over there shoveling a sidewalk (while the snow is still falling) matters, and what he’s doing — even if it looks needless and futile and ridiculous — that matters, too. The people who write internet comedy that keeps my kids up too late, falling over each others’ laps laughing? Those people matter to me. The girl who sent a fan letter this week? She matters. And so many more people. every day.
So that’s what my Big Plan is for 2013. (I resist the idea of resolutions. I’m irresolute by nature, you see. so I have to get around it all in my own way.) But my Big Plan is to say it out loud — to tell someone, every day, that what they’ve done, that who they are, matters to me. In person. Virtually. In a letter or a note or out loud. People I know, strangers, people who change me.
Want to join me? (It can only end well, you know.)
(12) Comments for this blog
Excellent non-resolution! I think I’ll join you in this – not just because it’s a great idea, but also ’cause, ya’ know, you matter to me , too! 🙂
Excellent non-resolution! I think I’ll join you in this – not just because it’s a great idea, but also ’cause, ya’ know, you matter to me , too! 🙂
Gosh, you’re awesome.
Gosh, you’re awesome.
Oh, Becca. I adore you.
Oh, Becca. I adore you.
I love this goal. I said that today to a young woman who is a first-year special ed teacher and completely overwhelmed. “You are doing an important thing,” I told her. It felt good to validate her.
I love this goal. I said that today to a young woman who is a first-year special ed teacher and completely overwhelmed. “You are doing an important thing,” I told her. It felt good to validate her.
Becca, thanks for putting a grin on my face today! I was skimming the reviews on Amazon about your two lovely books. I need to read them. They sound like the perfect January read, something warm and fun on a cold winter nights.
Becca, thanks for putting a grin on my face today! I was skimming the reviews on Amazon about your two lovely books. I need to read them. They sound like the perfect January read, something warm and fun on a cold winter nights.
You are wonderful.
You are wonderful.