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    Who Matters?: Who Matters.
    Who Matters?: Who Matters.
    Who Matters?: Who Matters.
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    Who Matters?: Who Matters.

    By Eric Belt II

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    In its simplest form, Who Matters? is a discussion about life and what matters but more specifically why your life matters. We may commonly relate to such popular creators as The Wright brothers, Da Vinci, Bezos, and Beethoven but what about the creator of the universe? Or what about the person with the seemingly unimportant or insignificant role in society? What about you? Are you a creator and if so, how or why? As you journey through the pages, the author takes you on his own personal exploration of life, purpose, and meaning while challenging you through the same thought provoking questions that led him to the answers that satisfied his soul. You might ask why you need to engage another discussion of purpose? Because it matters. Because it matters that you know WHY it matters and why YOU matter.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 24, 2022
    ISBN9798986269511
    Who Matters?: Who Matters.

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      Who Matters? - Eric Belt II

      Chapter 1:

      THE BEGINNING

      Back in 1999, I remember going to the local grocery store, Price Chopper, with my mother when I was a child. We visited weekly so she could buy ingredients for the evening meal. I was old enough that I was no longer allowed to ride in the basket. I was now required to walk with her around the grocery store, but made to hold the strap of her purse so I wouldn’t run off. After waiting in line to check out, once we reached the register she would pull out her coupon book. Upon completing our purchase the cashier would say something along the lines of Today you saved thirty dollars and thirty cents. We went to the parking lot, and she placed me in the car seat and loaded the car.

      This particular trip, we were on our way home and she was on the phone with someone, talking about church business as always. The calls never stopped for us since my father was a pastor. However, this call was different than most. I was buckled all the way in the back seat, yet I remember seeing a shift in her demeanor. I couldn’t reach out to her to touch her, so I waited. Eventually, she hung up the phone and I asked her what was wrong. She told me that the daughter of a member of our church had committed suicide.

      I thought to myself and asked aloud, What is suicide? Mom told me that suicide is when someone reaches a place in life where they feel so helpless or hopeless that they believe the best option for them is to just take their own life. Doing this, they believe, will stop the pain and suffering in their hearts or minds. I couldn’t have been much older than seven years old at the time. I didn’t even know this person, but I began to grieve and weep. All I had ever known life to be was beautiful. I couldn’t grasp what someone could possibly be dealing with that could cause them to forfeit their life.

      This was my second encounter with death. The first encounter might have been a few months earlier, when I attended my grandfather’s funeral. I was young and don’t remember all of our interactions, but what I do remember was the cheeky, ear-to-ear smile on my Grandfather’s face when he greeted me with a kiss and said, Hey, Junebug! The loss of my grandfather was the first time I encountered the concept of death. It taught me that life was truly a gift and tomorrow was not promised.

      This woman’s death, however, is where it all began for me, the curiosity, the questions, and the fear. I wanted to know more because I simply couldn’t understand things like pain of the heart, suffering of the mind, to be alive yet not live, and to die is gain.

      As I got older, I learned that since the beginning of time humanity, not just me, has been curious about the meaning of life. I learned that there were historical people such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King,

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