I don’t know about you, but my skin, bottoms of my feet and even my nails are way more dry and sometimes they hurt because of the dryness. These two products, Arbonne Rejuvenating Creme + FC5 Skin Conditioning oil make all the difference. 
HOW TO:
Apply 1 – 2 drops of the skin conditioning oil to a small dollop of the Rejuvenating Creme and apply to dry area. Simple!
Last night I went to a meeting in Syracuse (about an hour and twenty mins from where I live) because I needed some connection with my tribe. My people. My Arbonne family.
And I got it. Along with inspiration, which I knew I’d walk away with, but it wasn’t in the form I was thinking. As usual, God has his own plans and they are far greater than mine.
I often think how nice it would be to be a National Vice President, or a Regional VP – and be driving around Canandaigua in a white Benz with a big beautiful Arbonne sticker on the back window (that’s TOTALLY HAPPENING, btw) beep beep! – or even an Area Manager. Oh how I’d LOVE to be an Area Manager. But I didn’t want to grow to Area so badly until last night at our meeting when 8 women stood in front of the room as Area Managers and told why they were there. It was INCREDIBLY inspiring.
A year ago, this would not have been the case.
A year ago, attending one of these meetings I wanted to be inspired. I wanted not to feel envious, or defeated. I desired to be happy for these amazing people who did the work necessary to get where they are. I desired so badly to be where they were. So much so that my own desire clouded my happiness for them.
I think this is a natural human feeling. I think everyone feels envious, some more than others. I think everyone can say they’ve looked at someone that’s in a position they desire to be in and thought, ‘man, I’ll never get there,’ or ‘I’ll never have that or be that.’
Don’t beat yourself up about having these feelings. But work to move past them. You have the strength right there in your heart to choose to be truly happy for them. And here’s the hot stock tip: Fake it ’til ya make it. If you’re finding yourself being “happy” for someone else’s ‘success’, but it’s clouded by envy, or a feeling of defeat, just smile and say “Congratulations! I’m SOO happy for you.” If you do this enough, one day, you’ll really, REALLY mean it. And you’ll find yourself being inspired. Not defeated. In fact, what does that even feel like? I don’t remember!
Thank God.
I’m reading this book called ‘The Tools: 5 tools to help you find courage, creativity, and willpower – and inspire you to live life in forward motion.’ The first ‘tool’ is to face your fear. Is a “fear” you have to pray success upon others because then you’ll be helping THEM push forward past you? This is a legit “fear” for some people. I used to have this fear. It seems odd, but it’s the truth. You’re SO afraid to want success for your peers SIMPLY because you think that means you’re giving ALL the success in the world to them and they’ll be none left over for you.
The ‘tool’ is facing your fears. Leaning into them- no, that’s not right. Don’t lean… RUN. Run full sprint right toward your fear. Eventually, you’ll be able to FEEL the fear, and then go do what you need to anyway. But you have to keep running at it. And one day, that fear will be gone.
And, by the way, there’s PLENTY of success to go around. ESPECIALLY in Arbonne. I know with all my heart and all my soul and all that I am that I CAN be an Executive National Vice President right along side those 8 amazing women and the other 500+ NVP’s in this company.
So, don’t think for a single second that wishing or praying success and being happy for someone is going to steal that away from you. It will PROPEL it! Keep praying for your dreams to come true, but, while you’re at it why not just put in a little plug for someone else? Remember Karma? She’s not ALWAYS a b***h. Sometimes, she’s the sweetest most gracious thing ever. What you wish upon others is coming from YOUR HEART and it will come back to you; ten fold. Wish SUCCESS upon others, not defeat. You will obtain success instead of defeat if you do this.
All I could think this morning is how flippin’ excited I am about attending 8 Mercedes Benz car presentations in the very near future! EEEKKK!! That means dressing up, getting my hair and nails done, maybe even getting some new shoes!! 😉 Of course, this also means that 8 people have changed hundreds of lives with the gift that is Arbonne. Can’t help but feel inspired about that. ☺
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