We are getting ready to launch a web-store for our in-house developed product line called ‘The Magic of Crystals’. You are probably already familiar with most of these products (Energetic Mysts, Hand & Body Lotion, Crystal Knowledge Deck, Infused Sage.., etc.), and now whether you’re near or far, will be able to purchase them with ease online (US sales only) as well as at the center.
The retail version of the site will be open soon, and within a month or two, we’ll have a wholesale web-store too! Isn’t that exciting!
The reason I wanted to write about this is not so much about what will happen going forward, but how we got here in the first place!
Now that it is almost here, I marvel at our ability to create. Anyone who has spent anytime in the past 10 years following the human potential movement, law of attraction or visualization techniques for manifesting and creating via your thoughts, emotions and imagination; has heard all the suggestions, promises and possibilities.
So without a doubt, I believe in the power of aligning our thoughts and feelings around a future dream or outcome. It makes sense to me that the more we can visualize and imagine something, that the Universe starts to realign and create events and circumstances to bring these dreams into fruition. I think these are all positive things to do, along with our own actions or steps in the direction of what we are trying to create.
But…
There is also something here about honoring time, space and energetic flow! You see, we actually tried having a web-store once before. At the time it seemed like something we were “suppose to have”. It made sense on paper (or digitally). But it wasn’t the right time. It felt like work. It felt like a burden. It felt heavy.., there was no ‘flow’. We had it up for over a year and had one sale. At the time it felt like a colossal failure.
But even that experience informed our decision and direction this time. As a result of the last experience, it became really clear that we would not be doing this again until it felt right. Until it felt easy. We, or in truth ‘I’ didn’t want to even consider it again until we could do it with our own products.
For the longest time, I must admit it felt like it would be years away! Until one day recently, it wasn’t. Now it feels as if it is the right time and the right direction. It has been easy, fun and feels like it is in the flow… Happening naturally.
So what is the lesson or the take-away from this experience? I know as I look at this situation in hindsight, I did not allow myself to dream, visualize or imagine it long enough. Instead, I took the desire, which was authentic, and tried to push or drive it into existence. I took the dream from my heart and imagination and gave it to my mind, to figure out the action plan! I tried to create my dream with demands, deliverables and deadlines! And even though we actually did create the “web-store”; it was so much work with such little energy that it just sat there.
Where else am I doing this? Heck, where are you doing this? We need to allow our dreams and desires to grow and evolve. We need to feed the essence, nourish the process. We need to accept that it may be the right dream but not the right time. If you know you want to create something, but it is still unclear when, where or how… Maybe the thing to do is continue to dream and imagine it without ‘doing’ anything. Feed the dream, then wait for the dream to invite you in!
You’ll know when the time is right!
With Light, Love, and Laughter
Charles
Charles, wow, powerful! and so timely for myself and many of the people I know… feeling the dream, yet not needing for it to happen right NOW with push and drive… let the dream invite me in… thanks for sharing…. Darla
Thanks Darla… I know this one gets me as I like to keep my mind busy with tasks! Sometimes I remember… Or like this situation, I let it go and give up for awhile and it emerges in a whole new way. With ease!
Thanks for being supportive and encouraging!
I love this process. I believe in trusting the process of my life and that Divine right timing is a part of that. Great and inspiring story.
Thanks Victoria… To “love this process” is payoff for seeking and exploring this life! You are doing it masterfully!
Spot on again Charles! This very concept has been on my mind as I have been pushing (without success) to make things happen. Then I thought of surfers, who know the wisdom of the wave. It is impossible to make the wave appear or ride it in absentia. Here’s to riding the waves and to your new website!
I love that analogy of the surfer and the waves Vikki. It brings to mind how easy it can be to become impatient and settle for an okay wave too… When with just a little less demand, the one you’ve been waiting for appears and it is perfect. Regardless of what the surfer beside you is doing! That is one of the other areas where I get caught… Seeing someone else doing something and thinking I have to do it too or at the same time.
Thanks for being so supportive of my weekly musings! In it together!
Very timely for me as well, Charles. Thanks for reinforcing the message that the Universe is giving to me for the last several months/years. I’m learning to reside in the Being and allow that to inform the Doing.
More and more Jere it feels like there are few options for anything but that! When I try to force something by doing, doing, doing; a solid roadblock appears… As least until I slow down and get present… Tap into the energies of “Being”. And isn’t this what we have been asking for? Sometimes I feel like a dog chasing a car! Now that I have caught it.., what do I do with it? Thanks for chasing cars with me! 🙂
Charles!
What a grand triumph on so many levels…. and a rich sneak peak at wisdom evolving through your dance with All That Is Consciousness.
CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU, my friend. You are a brilliant map-maker and luminous wayshower…. a dazzling dynamo powered
by heart and soul. Bless that beautiful mind of yours, in all of its expressions. Being on the journey, learning with you, being inspired and having
my molecules rearranged by you is a JOY.
What a thrilling unfolding. I especially appreciate your clear example of the power of humility and potent reframing of some old notion of ‘failure’.
“Share the wealth” is your middle name!!
May this expansion of Storm Wisdom’s offerings create multidimensional ripples of magic, crystal and otherwise, beyond your fabulous imagination
(and mine :0)
Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road…..
WOW… How sweet and honoring your post is Gail. You speak of the journey in a way that adds a new perspective and reminds me once again of the potency of map-making. Thank you for always being a companion and support throughout the wandering and exploring! It means the world to me!
Charles, thank you for sharing your experience. This is exactly what I needed to read today! What a great reminder, I will stop and take time to ” feed the dream “.
Thank you Alissa for following and reading my musings! I appreciate the connection and love knowing that we are on the same page or moving through the same process!