{"id":4557,"date":"2009-06-15T08:49:13","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T14:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2009-07-01T20:12:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T02:12:46","slug":"you-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/you-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"you matter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sculpture-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"sculpture\" title=\"sculpture\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sculpture-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sculpture.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2009\/06\/you-matter.html\">Seth Godin<\/a> shares :: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you continue to raise the bar on what you do and how you do it, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you teach and forgive and teach more before you rush to judge and demean, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you touch the people in your life through your actions (and your words), you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When you inspire a Nobel prize winner or a slum dweller, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.<\/li>\n<li>And when the legacy you leave behind lasts for hours, days or a lifetime, you matter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAnd above all else &#8211; you matter to a God who loves you more than you could ever imagine! No matter what you do, what you&#8217;ve done or what you&#8217;re going to do &#8211; <\/p>\n<h2>He loves YOU!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/reflections\/the-furious-longing-of-god\/\">Brennan Manning<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For His love is never, never, never based on our performance, never conditioned by our moods \u00e2\u20ac\u201d of elation or depression. The furious love of God knows no shadow of alteration or change. It is reliable. And always tender.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>He loves YOU!<\/h2>\n<p>(And for what it&#8217;s worth &#8211; so do I.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Godin shares :: When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter. When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter. When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter. 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