Coach Smith wrote,
> The bottom line? You don't have to do it all.  At least not today. Trust
> your teammates. If you're up to your elbows in sore nipples, remember
> that there are others who are up to their elbows in Code monitoring, training
> health professionals, writing new policies and laws, analyzing the
> economics of infant feeding, and conducting fundamental research. It's OK to focus
> on what you CAN do, because you're not alone. Together we're making a
> difference for mothers and babies.
I agree. This morning I told someone that it was not a big deal for me 
to do something it would have been a huge, miserable ordeal for her to 
do. I suggested that if we all tried to design our lives to do lots of 
what we do well and happily, the world would function much better. Some 
change the world by spending hours meeting with lots of people to make 
apparently small changes to policy or practice that change the lives of 
many people a little or lot. Others change the world by raising one baby 
to be a compassionate person, and if it is their own baby it makes an 
incomparable impact on that life and little ripples through all the 
lives in which that person has a role.
Others change the world one baby at a time, by helping the relationship 
between a mother and baby have a strong and loving foundation. Still 
others write, teach, and advocate so that women and families are 
empowered and understand that they, too, can make a difference.
All of these people make an enormous difference every day. How do you 
choose what you should do? Here is what I consider the right questions: 
what matters? What gives me life? How can I make things better?
Jo-Anne

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