You are important!

Before you read this please understand that I was never an English major and I am sure something will be dangling... participle or what not, but I just want to say this all be it inadequately because I feel it to be important. So, don't expect my normal slapstick this is a smidge deeper K? K.

My mother has a habit that is amusing. She tries to guess what people that she has never seen before are doing. There is no way of knowing if she is accurate or not so it is always one of those conversations that just kind of sits there. You want to continue it but you can't. One Sunday morning we were driving to church. My mother looked across to see an older gentlemen driving a car dressed in a suit and tie with a hat on. My mother said "Oh, that is so sad." My father said Why? Why is that sad? My mother said because he is a widower and he has to go to church by himself. Without missing a beat my daddy said He is not! His wife had to stay home because her mother has come to live with them after falling last week and she doesn't feel comfortable leaving her mother alone and her mother doesn't feel comfortable getting out and about yet. The look of relief on my mother's face was apparent until she realized he had made it all up.
Do you ever sit and wonder about all of the people in this world and how we only come into contact with a small percentage in our lifetime? One of my favorite things about facebook is seeing friends that know friends. You know that "friends in common" feature. It really is a small world.
Do you ever sit and wonder what your roll is in this world? Do you feel small and unimportant? Do you ever wonder if you are making up words like unimportant? Non-important...importantless...inadequate. Okay, do you ever feel inadequate?
I was reading a book with Alexander it was talking about Leonardo da Vinci which by the way does anyone else find it amusing that he was da vinci because he was from Vinci? Think of all of the people that were from Vinci and there is really only one who is still widely recognized as being da Vinci. In this book it talks about the hundreds of different ideas that Leonardo had and how he felt like a failure because many of them never worked. Well, they never worked for him but later they were created into things we use in everyday life. Did you know that he created an airplane? It never worked. Think of how dissappointed he must have felt. He must have wanted to hang it all up and just go be a....okay, I got nothin'...what is a mundane job in Vinci? Why is nothing seeming mundane right now? If I say glass blower that is an art, if I say pasta maker that is an art, if I say potter again art.
I guess what I am trying to say is that You are an intricate part of this world. You! We all are. Even if you are staying at home with a small child and never seeing the light of day you are still contributing. You could be raising the next Leonardo. You could be reenergizing yourself for life after small children. You could be going into a job day in and day out and feeling like you are getting nowhere. Your contribution may have nothing to do with your job maybe it is that you are going to meet someone at that job. Maybe you are going to be walking to that job you hate and everyday you are going to pass this one person and encourage them thus causing them to have a better day and go out and accomplish something. You never know. It is a big big world and God is the only one who can see the big picture. Do not be discouraged. Do not fret. You are very important. You. Whether anyone else sees it or you see it you are important.
Take a look at the human body. Think of all of the parts that make up the body. You think of the big parts like the heart, the eyes, the liver, the kidneys, but what about a white blood cell? Just one. Doesn't seem very important does it, but it is. What about an eyelash? Maybe a cell that makes up the eyelash. Every part of your body works together and every part plays a very important role. You play an important role, and I am blessed for having you as a friend.