Tonight, I went to my first oil class. I wasn't sure how I felt about going. Some mixed emotions were involved. Because of the success I have had over the last week dealing with headaches and tummy aches, my curiosity to find out more had definitely been aroused. And yet, I hate these things. And I will admit, with no intention to offend my committed oiling friends, being perfectly honest; I wasn't too fired up about going to an oil "party"....errrr....class. Yeah, I called them a party, (and I apologize in sack cloth and ashes for doing so) but after tonight, I'm not sure I will refer to them as parties anymore.
This was no run of the mill, sell things from your home party. In fact, it wasn't even in someone's home. It was at Centreville Elementary. It was different and I was impressed. While there was definitely an element of sales involved, it took up about 2 minutes of the 2 hour class. The focus was on informing and educating. It was interesting, to say the least. I felt no pressure whatsoever to purchase anything, but was encouraged to hear testimonies of how oils have affected others and their health. Instead of doing what most parties do for me "well I came, I supported you, and I have all of that product that I want now....I'll call you if I need anything more, please don't call me", this instead grew my curiosity. I would go to another class.
The cool thing, is that while some of these classes repeat themselves, more often than not, each class has a different focus. For instance, next Thursday evening there will be another oil class, but this one will be about oils and children. Sounds interesting. I wish I could go. (what a difference from dragging my feet a bit about tonight's class) Unfortunately, I can't make it next week due to other plans. But I find it interesting that the classes aren't so much about sales and convincing people that they need another product to sit on their already full shelves, but very honestly, are about bettering the health and well being of yourself and your family and passing along information that might help with that.
This is where I am at, I know I am only a few days into my experiments with these products. I am not ready yet to say I am 100% convinced....I might be at about 60%...., but I will say, I think it is worth checking it out. To all of you, my friends, who are like me: The eye-rolling skeptics who dislike at home sales parties and shake your head a bit at tree hugging oil lovers ;)....I say that affectionately and with all the love I have for my oiling friends....you know who you are, you know me, and you know my heart ;).....I encourage you, no I challenge you, take one night out of your week and visit an oil class. Just check it out. See what you think. Absorb the information and listen to the testimonials. Keep an open mind and go with the possibility of gleaning some information that may improve your health and/or the health of your family.
If you are interested in going to a class, but are not sure where to go to find one, feel free to contact me and I can point you in the right direction. Who knows, maybe we will end up at one together....and maybe we will learn something new.....together.
Blessings!
AND PS: Please understand, it isn't that I don't like the at home sales products. They are nice, fun, and often good quality. I have many of them. What I don't like, is the pressure to sell, to buy, to sign up, to get others to sell underneath you...... It's why I made an awful Mary Kay consultant. In fact, I think I talked people out of buying the product! I was kind of like, "well, I mean it's good, but if you don't have the money, PLEASE don't buy anything from me! Feed your family, pay your bills, wash your face with soap and water, but please don't spend it on something you don't actually need." See what I mean? I couldn't sell for the life of me! For those of you who know me, and I am putting this here to do exactly what I said I would do in this blog, be perfectly honest....I am still an MK consultant. I know, I know. After EVERYTHING I just said, it sounds hypocritical. Not that I need to justify myself to anyone, but I do....never mind, yes I do....I'm overly concerned that people might misunderstand me and whisper behind my back and well, you know, dislike me.....(I know. All that needs a psychologists couch! LOL! That is an entirely different subject.) I'm still a consultant, because I know a few people who love the product, it has helped their acne or skin issues and so I do it as a service to them....at my cost. I make nothing, except from my mother because she insists on paying the retail price to bless me.
There....my disclaimer is done now. You have more information about me then you really needed to know and I feel better because I have explained myself. :)
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