I love this time of the year, because it is Gem Show time in Arizona. It starts at the beginning of January in Quartzsite… Then by February the biggest Gem and Mineral show in the world takes place in Tucson! For a diehard Rock Hound… This is pure fun! 18,000 vendor all over the city… With everything from tiny fragments of ore to gigantic specimens of museum quality gems and minerals. There are fossils, Tibetan bowls, geodes, weavings, art sculptures, jewelry, crystal skulls and much, much more!

What I have noticed for myself this year, is that what I am drawn to and what I am searching for, has more to do with the clients of Storm Wisdom and less about what I am personally searching for. One reason of course that I have a huge personal collection (like any rock hound) of crystals and stones. But the other reason is, after three years of doing this as a business… The voice of clients are in my head! I see the things they are drawn to, and hear about the things they are searching for… And probably even more sense the things they will be drawn to!

I use to approach the journey to connecting with crystals in much the same way my own personal journey unfolded. None of the early pieces I collected were done for spiritual, metaphysical or energetic purposes. I was drawn to them for their beauty and aesthetics. It was only by surrounding myself with them that I began to experience them as tools and allies to help me connect with my personal journey. I experienced how they shifted the energies in my home before I began to connect with them personally.

Now it is almost as if, I sense the connection with the clients of Storm Wisdom first. I suppose hosting a monthly discussion group and workshop on the Magic of Crystals helps to bring this in to focus… However, more than that, I think this happens for any of us who are building relationships through a business or service we provide. We begin to connect with the collective energies of those we are drawn to or who are drawn to us. There is an energetic cord that connects us. How fun is that? To experience something not only through your own filters – but through the lenses of the people you serve and attract!?!

I am going to Tucson for the 3rd time tomorrow (Monday). Just know, as I am playing with beautiful rocks and crystals… You are there with me!!

(btw… Next year I plan to set up a day long bus tour of the Tucson Gem & Mineral show (and maybe another for Quartzsite), for those who want to have there own hands-on experience! So if that is something that interests you… Let me know!)