Waiting for the world to tell you that you matter?
In her unguarded, deeply affective, and witty memoir, Shifra shares the
relatable story of being raised in an image-driven world into which she
did not easily fit. Specifically, being told that she resembled her
personality-disordered aunt--whose life didn't matter--she deeply feared
that hers wouldn't either.
Shifra writes to the core of this struggle to recover her beaten spirit
and build the large life that matters to her. She explores the question
of what mattering means, through the prism of how the question
personally played out in her relationships with her family, her Orthodox
Jewish religion, and the American culture focused on appearance, food,
and money. She demonstrates that we cannot buy or borrow our individual
mattering, but we can create it.
Dare to Matter gives readers the will and courage to rebuild their
collapsed inner space into the large life that makes getting out of bed
every morning, and staying out of it, irresistible. This is a call to
satisfACTION and a challenge to beat back the messages we get from
family and society that shut us down. Renewing your energy to opt into
your life, DARE TO MATTER will fuel you in meaningful and miraculous
ways.