Everything Matters!

A couple of weeks ago D and I were watching "In Plain Sight" which is a show about wit sec protection program (not a reality show). On this particular show, one of the characters (Marshall Marshall)...(yes he is a Marshall who's first name is Marshall and yes they make fun of it on the show!)Anyway, Marshall was helping a teenager settle into his new environment at a boarding school while awaiting to give his testimony. I can't quite remember what sparked the conversation, but what struck me was that Marshall told him "Everything matters!" Marshall told the teenager that it matters what you think, how you feel, what you do...regardless of what people say, it all matters!

I have always lived by "everything happens for a reason," we may not know the reason at the time, but after looking back we can always find it! Anyway, the same time this show came on I was trying to figure out what we as a team (for school) needed to do to reach our kids. Our school if very rich in diversity, all students come with rich experiences which may not lead to educational experiences. We ( the teachers) work hard to ensure they learn everything they need to learn and be able to apply their knowledge to their home environment, otherwise what is the point! When I watched "In Plain Sight" I knew that this was something that needed to be shared and recognized next year...I'm hoping it will help make a difference.

To take it a step further I applied it to my life and quite honestly I think that both ideas "Everything happens for a reason, and Everything matters" go hand-in-hand. When Jackson was born and was diagnosed at the age of 2 months I witnessed this first hand. In the following months and years I have come to realize how wonderfully intricate everything is, how important everything is to achieve 1 simple goal. For example, for Jackson to be able to eat food, he had to reach the goal of being able to sit up because those muscles in the abdomen worked together with the swallowing aspect. I found out that in order for him to be able to drink out of a cup or a straw he had to have tremendous sucking power, so we made him sit up to take his bottles and he had to have the Playtex bottles with the bags so he could learn to suck up his formula. Who knew that all these things would be such an important part of something we do every day? Who knew we were so intricately designed to work in that particular fashion. At one point we had to get on a cellular level to see the master plan. This is so relevant to how we meet each day. So often we are on the cellular level that it's difficult to see the master plan. We often get frustrated because we feel as though we are going nowhere...but remember everything matters and even though it may not matter to you, someone is watching, taking it all in and learning from your experiences. Everything happens for a reason and know that each thought, each action, each trial, each happiness and celebration matters!

YOU MATTER!!