Can two words on a card and a simple gesture change two lives: the life of the person who gets the card and the person who gives it?
Yes it can. It’s happening every day.
If you’ve participated in the You Matter Marathon before, you know it feels just as good to give a You Matter card as it does to receive one. Watching someone’s face light up as they read the words “You Matter” is like watching a child open a present on Christmas. Making other people happy makes you happier too, and we have the proof. In our 2018 Participant Survey, most YuMMies reported a greater sense of gratitude, enhanced connections with people, and increased levels of happiness and compassion after taking part in the marathon!
That was all.
Nothing more.
YOU Matter.
We’re living in a world where people crave connection, yet feel more isolated than ever. Every one of us is here for a reason. We are all essential. We need, and are needed by, each other. Especially now.
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
—Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The purpose of the You Matter Marathon is to create and enrich positive connections between people and within communities by sharing You Matter cards during November.
Because YOU Matter.
We need civility more than ever these days. And we need people like Cheryl who have great ideas, communicate them extremely well and engage people in a positive way.
Awww. Thank you for your kind words. We need people like YOU, too. We need lots of us spreading this small but mighty message – now more than ever. You Matter!
The words – You Matter certainly does make a difference.
We experimented: You matter – it did work wonderfully by giving relevance to people
Then we experimented with the Visually Challenged – You Are Important – because
Then yet again, in the work place – We value YOU….because……..
With the physically challenged – We can – together
Now we are creating different cards, stickers, verbal and non-verbal acknowledgement
Yes, they do make a difference with these simple reminders.
Thank you for empowering us with You Matter
Hi Jonathan. Wow – what a wonderful way of building on You Matter. You will be reaching so many folks with just the right words. Thank you.