Gordon Flett

Kids learn from the stories.

Your book, I can't wait to actually see it.

I know it's in the mail.

Kids learn from the shared stories and also their stories.

I would say this is a great opportunity to say to kids, what's your story?

If you've ever felt like this, have you got something that you need to share?

Do you think you could make a difference where you might be feeling lonely and then kids gravitate towards you?

But yes, just seeing the difference.

And there's real life examples of this as well that I think can be pointed to that parents and teachers can point to in terms of somebody who has got on the mattering track and really made a difference in the lives of others.

I'm fascinated by those people who seem to be heaven sent.

In terms of my approach to it, first of all, I'm just pleased to see the growth in the field, and this includes other people's work.

But I've been focusing more on the applications of this to helping people out in terms of

mattering as the resource that they need to help them in terms of healing and getting over things.

So there's that element of it in terms of the application and just continuing to focus on concepts I've studied like anti-matter, which I'm sure we'll talk more about, but I just see more and more how this concept resonates with people and the many ways that it can be put into action.

I've had people reaching out to me as well in terms of what can be done to

make it more of a focus.

So next month, I'll be talking with a local school board who's going to make mattering at the heart of their five-year safety plan.

And it just continues to grow.

And as a result of this, when people say to me, are you ever going to really retire?

Since I retired at the beginning of last year, I say, well, how can you when there's work to be done here and information to be shared that can help people?