DOES IT MATTER IS AN INSPIRATIONAL BOOK BY THE REV. INGRID HEROD VANSERTIMA TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE EARNESTLY SEEKING TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL BLOCKAGE. IN LIFE THINGS MATTER. TRY TELLING A BABY DON'T CRY. FOR WHAT THAT BABY NEEDS IS ATTENTION. THE OLDER FOLKS WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF HE OR SHE NEEDS CHANGING NOW(PAMPERS). CHECK THEIR TEMPERATURE, SEE IF THEY ARE TEETHING. ONCE ALL THESE THINGS ARE CHECKED, THEIR LUNGS WILL BE EXERCISED AND EVENTUALLY THE BABY WILL FALL ASLEEP. NO SPOILING WITH THE HAND AND SHAKING ALL THE TIME. NO WAY. IF HE OR SHE IS TEETHING IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. I WAS NOT AWARE OF HOW PAINFUL THAT WAS UNTIL I EXPERIENCE MY WISDOM TOOTH COMING THROUGH, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE, I PREFER TO MAKE CHILDREN THAN TO HAVE A TOOTHACHE. ANY SITUATION THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH MATTERS TO YOU. WHAT SHOULD BE EXERCISED IS COMPASSION ONE FOR ANOTHER. WE LIKE TO SAY "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH." NO, YOU DON'T. IT MIGHT BE SIMILAR, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME. YOU DON'T KNOW. DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. DIFFERENT WAYS OF UNFOLDMENT. LET US BE MINDFUL OF HOW WE HELP OTHERS TO OVERCOME THEIR SITUATIONS IN LIFE. IT MATTERS TO THEM.