One.

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:03:37 +0000

I just returned home from my very first annual Young Living convention, which was titled “ONE”. In my own words, I would have summed up the entire experience as ONE VISION. I was surrounded by 4,000 like minded individuals from all parts of the globe in their quest for health and healing. It was inspiring to sit in on lectures by Harvard trained physicians whose goals are to integrate allopathic medicine with essential oils. It was equally moving to listen to the personal story of a woman that found that Frankincense and Ningxia wolfberry has allowed an improved quality of life (after Western medicine had given up) for her 12 year old German Shephard from bone cancer. I spoke to a Pharmacist who after listening to the scientific lecture on the chemistry of essential oils, now understands that pharmacy is the synthetic adulteration and mixture of the chemicals found in plants, herbs, twigs, flowers and resin and has an entirely new perspective. I sat with a woman who is a hairdresser that massages the scalps of her bald cancer survivors with essential oils to promote hair growth and to help boost the self esteem of her clients.

Most of us have no real palpable understanding of plants and their capacity. I heard this story by a botanist… Giraffes are herbivores (that which feeds on plants for food). They happen to love and need the nutrients from the Acacia leaf. The tree is happy to share itself with the giraffe however after about 20 minutes of giving itself to sustain the life force of its long necked friend, it releases tannins into its leaves and causes the lips and tongue of the giraffe to go slightly tingly. Why? For self preservation! If the tree loses too many leaves, it will not survive! Not only does it release these tannins for itself but it scents the air with its essential oil to alert neighboring trees to do the same! How amazingly “smart” is nature?

I re-tell this story in hopes that 1. can we identify what our Acacia tree is? 2. can we become more inquisitive about the power of nature and her medicine? 3. can we all share in the ONE vision?

4,000 people committed to healing themselves, each other and the world. One. One vision. One journey. One shot.

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One.