I admit it. Her words have stuck with me for decades now. She told me, “Don’t waste it.” She meant that I shouldn’t waste my time… my life. Just before she died, she told me, “Make it matter.” She wanted to make sure I knew not to waste the precious time I had, and to make my life matter.
Her dying words to a young chaplain.
And those words have lived within me in the 3 decades since.
They still shape my work and my philosophy.
I discussed not wasting life in a prior podcast episode.
But what does it mean to Make It Matter? How do we make sure our lives matter, not for our own self, but for the world? How do we leave this place better for our being here?
The MPI Triad helps to clarify. That triad holds Meaning, Purpose, and Impact. How we make sense of what happens, how we move into the world, and what difference it makes.
Let me tell you a bit more in this week’s podcast episode.
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