Saturday, October 22, 2011

Grateful Beyond Words!

I am overflowing with Gratitude! Wild and I reached a business milestone yesterday. The milestone we reached feels wonderful but it is the growing appreciation and love of our USANA family that feels the most significant. The patriarch of our family is Dr. Myron Wentz who has a huge vision of ridding the world of pain and suffering. He sees the USANA family as the healthiest family on earth and indeed it is, in so many ways!

Today marks nine years since Wild and I signed our applications to begin enjoying the life changing products of USANA and to begin our journey towards health from a whole new, holistic, perspective. Along the way I have discovered there are many types of health and to be really healthy I must be healthy is all aspects of my life. Physically, financially, relationships, spiritually, mentally and emotionally, not necessarily in that particular order. Did I leave something out? Then that too!

An important part of our USANA family is Tom and Lorie Mulhern. They have been the best cheerleaders any team could have. The amazing part is that, as business teams go, they're not on our business team. Nor are we on theirs. That is what sets Tom and Lorie apart and why they represent USANA so beautifully. They are an example of the USANA Difference.

We recently planned a pumpkin carving party with Tom and Lorie to create a fun event for members of the Northwest USANA family and friends. It happened to take place the night we reached our newest milestone, as Silver Directors, with USANA. Here is a photo Tom took of us with the flowers he and Lorie gave us in honor of our rank advancement. The pumpkin party took on a whole new meaning as we also celebrated going Silver. This represents to me what being in a healthy family is all about. Helping others in the family succeed simply by being supportive of their efforts and accomplishments. That's healthy. That's Lorie and Tom. That's USANA.

There is another special couple that was cheering us on, our dear friends Rosie Bank and Mark Waldman from Foster City, CA. They're part of our USANA family too. Our friendship is a direct result of the four of us meeting on a USANA cruise, nearly four years ago, on the very same day the two of them met. They were married last week in a heartfelt love fest where Wild officiated at their wedding. Rosie is like a sister to me and Mark and Wild are brothers by choice. We would never have met these two amazing people if not for USANA.

These two couples and our friendships with each of them is an example of what makes USANA a family and like no other company or business I have ever experienced. We have no business relationships with either Mark and Rosie or Tom and Lorie, yet all four of them reached out to support us in our business as if we did. That is incredibly precious!

Being a healthy family is not just about our physical health and the USANA family is certainly healthy physically. But the USANA family is also healthy in spirit. Tom and Lorie's spirit's and Mark and Rosie's spirit's are all shining brightly as are so many others. In addition to our own team cheering us on, thank you to Jamie and Randy Deering for the beautiful flowers, to Cheryl Sheehan for the heartfelt notes and to Nadine Kelly for your support, there are friends in our USANA family that have been cheering us on as well. Thank you to Robin Thomas from Chapel Hill, NC for cheering us on since we first met several years ago. Thank you to Susanne and John Cunningham from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who have inspired us and cheered us on as well. Thank you Kathleen Rockney from Southern California for your inspiration and support. Thank you to so many others for your comments and support throughout the years. I wish I could name and celebrate each and every one of you!

As I am writing this my heart is filled with love for the amazing friends we have made across North America, because we signed those applications nine years ago. We never know what lies ahead of us but I know that Wild and I signing those applications was one of the best decisions we ever made together.

Another dear and special person that I am extremely grateful to is Collette Larson. Without knowing it at the time, our Silver run started in Vancouver, BC when Collette was giving a presentation and mentioned that she would be going to Sanoviv three times in the months ahead and was willing to have training with up to ten people at each five day stay. Wild and I knew we wanted to join her and in late April we were part of the first of three groups. That is a story in itself, however, the time spent with Collette and her son Zak Ross was the beginning of a new chapter of our journey. Thank you Collette for being Mama USANA to so many, including us. Wild and I continue to send our love to you and Sharlie and your entire family!

Family. What is a family? I have a wonderful family I grew up with, yet the USANA family has given me so much. The opportunity to grow beyond my comfort zone in a safe and loving family of supporters cheering me on. The opportunity to be healthier than I have ever known. The opportunity to create deep and lasting relationships with people that are the cream of the crop. USANA attracts people from across the world who want to be the best they can be while helping others achieve more and making the world a healthier and better place in the process.

Thank you to all my USANA family, near and far. Thank you Mark and Keri McKee for introducing us to USANA. Thank you Pete and Dora Zdanis for your Zdanis list. Thank you to all who keep the Sense Help Site up and running. Thank you to everyone who gives such generous training and outstanding webcasts for the entire USANA family to learn from. I am proud and forever grateful to be a part of this amazing and generous family, making a positive difference for others, one person at a time.

With love and gratitude,
Dyann

2 comments:

  1. Dear Dyann and Wild,

    From the first day we met(online) I knew that here was something very special. The two of you have true hearts of gold.

    I am so proud of the way you both have built your USANA businesses through caring for others, living in gratitude for every day, and having FUN!

    Many many blessing to you both. You are shining stars. May you always follow your dreams with laughter and joy!

    OXOX Robin

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