February 25, 2026 It's been awhile since I've sat here to communicate this way. My sharing has been more with friends, family, and our Monday weekly group. Recently I've been discussing the word matter. What's the matter? Does this matter? Do I matter? All that matters. Can our motivations to action, our viewpoints and opinions be driven in part by our desire to matter? Is our work life associated with our goals to matter? Or is these desires of our interests and goals grounded in our past history of shortcomings, failures, traumas, and loss? Some of us have been inspired to reach beyond our present capabilities and achieve goals that are difficult to reach. Others have felt defeated, blocked, and just exist without more interests. There are those handicapped by genetic inherited issues that prevent them from learning when placed in standard learning environments. Self help books, gurus of various persuasions, hucksters even want us to listen to their dir...