Jennifer Wallace

The lesson for us?

We don't need to build new spaces to unlock each other's mattering.

We just need to be more intentional about the spaces we already have.

Once you see the world through the lens of mattering, you can't unsee it.

It may even start to feel like a responsibility.

It has for me.

It has changed how I show up now for my family, my friends, my colleagues, even strangers I meet on the street.

Affirming each other's worth, it's not just the right thing to do, it is the glue that holds a healthy society together, and we need this now more than ever.

What I have learned in these hundreds of conversations is this, that deep down, we are all searching for the same thing, to know who we are,

and what we do make a difference in this world.

We want to know that our lives, our very existence, matters.

Thank you.