My takeaway treasures...
Each year at the shows I go to as a vendor
to sell my Book, CD and cards, I hand out a sample version of my One Rose Wellness
Cards, to those who pass by my table.
They have the same messages but I print them on colored paper and include
my blog address. The card messages are
all taken directly from my book, so it is always a special time for me to
connect through them with so many people and get their responses such as this
one is perfect for me, this is just what I needed, I got a good one, and there
are so many thank you’s and big smiles sent back to me. If I return the following year, I get many people coming back
for another card and some tell me they still have last year’s card in a special
place, and each year I am honored to come back home with some very special memories
from these exchanges.
I’d like
to share a few that I’ll treasure from this year.
A mother
and her 3 adult daughters all took a card and as they read each other’s they laughed
about how each card suited them. It was
so nice to watch them having this special moment! Another mother and daughter picked a card and
they each got the same one. I explained
that when I only have a few left in the bowl and add in a new set of 105 there
will be a few duplicates. They were so
happy to each pick the same message card and the daughter said the mother had
just moved back and they were noticing that they were very much alike, each
saying and thinking the same things so the same card was perfect and meant to
be!
A lady
picked a card and I could see her immediately starting to get teary eyed. She told me that she had been working well
over her limit for several months. The
card she picked told her what she really needed to hear, it was time to rest,
and she was even happier when she found out the card was hers to keep!
An elderly
man picked a card after his wife insisted ... later he came back and leaned
over the table to tell me that he was 86, in poor health and the message he got
was just what he needed.
Another
elderly man picked a card and after reading it, thanked me, and then put it away
in his wallet to keep. The following day
he returned to the show and we exchanged smiles. Later he came to my table and
again thanked me and got his wallet out to show me the few other things he
carried with him. He had two poems each on
a tiny piece of folded newsprint, one was over 30 years old and was by the Irish
poet Yates, he also had a small paper coaster that was from his parent’s pub in
Ireland, and the only other thing was the wellness card from me.
A lady
selected a card and didn’t really get the message so she put it back in the
bowl to let someone else pick it. About
an hour later she returned with a big smile on her face and said she had just
won the hourly door prize and although not sure why she now wanted the card she
put back. It was a yellow one so we
pulled out all the yellow ones that were left in the bowl and luckily we found
the one she put back. She was so happy
that no one else had picked it during that time and then she happily went on
her way.
I don’t
know what any of their cards picks actually said as there are 105 cards in a
set, and each one can have a special meaning to that person in that moment. I have been asked by other vendors around me what
I’m handing out and why I stand up all day to hand out the cards. I reply because these few words can make a
difference and change someone’s moments or day.
They like the book invite us to rest, soften, relax, and let go of
stress. They can connect us to the
present moment to offer stillness, calm, comfort, caring, and awareness, or they
can just remind us to smile, give ourselves a hug, or to simply breathe!
And, this
year I was so fortunate to hand out over 2600 cards!
My One
Rose Wellness Card pick for today says –
“Soften
your whole body,
and invite
a smile to fill your
face and
your heart ...”
Thanks Everyone for a Great Year!
