Today everything points towards gratitude.
That's not a bad compass point to head towards.
Things on Facebook, web sites I regularly visit, emails, okay okay I am paying attention.
The last weekend at the MindBodySpirit festival was huge for me on so many levels. It was a big endeavor to get ready for, it was a substantial investment of time and money, it was a leap of faith that the time was right to get out there and really promote myself as a practitioner of Tibetan medicine. There are family things going on, it was a big deal.
And it was fantastic. I am sure that there will be follow up connections made, I talked to lots of people, gave treatments, gave brochures out, all that stuff. But the big lesson in gratitude and one that still has me smiling was the first person on the first day.
I have worked much of my adult life in retail so when people come up and say "do you remember me" it's always a tricky moment. Usually after a minute I do recall them, but not always. (Sorry guys! I am sure you are all memorable and unique, its my brain that lets it all down.)
So this lovely lady is standing in front of me and we are doing the do you remember me thing, when in a flash I do recall her.
And she has something so beautiful to tell me.
Many years ago she came into my shop when she had really hit rock bottom, I won't go into the details, it's not my story to tell. But I did the best I could at the time to help her out. So here she was in front of me, so excited to have found me again to be able to say thanks and to let me know that she was doing okay now.
And what I felt was gratitude. Grateful that she had taken the time to tell me, and grateful that I had been in a position to help her.
It was a lovely affirmation that I was meant to be there, and with gratitude, I took it as a blessing for the next three days.
There was plenty to be grateful for last week, my husbands support in the whole venture, my friend who shared the stand and the costs with me, my son who came and worked on the stand with us, my friends who have given me so much encouragement, my teachers who had got me to this point. Starting to feel like an Oscar speech...
But it was this exchange that really put me into this feeling. Wonderful.

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