Why do I do this, why am I a scrapbook consultant?

Why do you do this? When you spend an entire evening making telephone calls and inviting customers to an upcoming workshop, and end the night with two "maybe"s and lots of excuses, and you ask yourself "Why do I do this?"... When you drive your husband and children absolutely crazy in a house cleaning frenzy to prepare for a class, send them anywhere for the evening and threaten them with death if they come home early, then wait anxiously for your 8 scheduled students to arrive, only to have 2 actually show, and you ask yourself "Why do I do this?"... When you're driving home at 11:15 p.m. from a class where the coordinator told everyone that most of the stuff you were selling was at the craft stores (and then had the nerve to wonder how come she didn't earn anything for free for a class of 3), and you ask yourself "Why do I do this?"... When in the middle of your demonstration you overhear if she weren't my friend I would not be here you'll ask yourself "Why do I do this?"... When the downline for whom you had the greatest hopes calls you and tells you she's deactivating because she hasn't touched her own albums in the past year, and you ask yourself "Why do I do this?"... ...Let me give you a few things to remember. When you receive a note in the mail from an appreciative student, telling you how much she enjoyed her class and that her family loved the page she completed, you'll say to yourself "This is why we do this." When you spend an evening laughing and talking with a group of customers and feel their appreciation for your ideas and assistance, you'll say to yourself "This is why we do this." When you receive that first commission check in the mail, and you treat the whole family to a dinner at a restaurant, you'll say to yourself "This is NOT why we do this...but it's getting better." When you realize that you have the potential to make unlimited income and get to watch your children grow up you'll say to yourself "This is why we do this." When you stay up half the night with fellow consultants at a convention, laughing over your experiences and sharing details of your family life that would make your husband blush, and come home feeling refreshed and excited about your business, you'll say to yourself "This is why we do this." When you spend a quiet evening at home with your children, looking at your own photo albums and laughing your way through the memories, you'll say to yourself "This is why we do this." When a customer pulls you aside and, with tears in her eyes, tells you how her elderly mother reacted to receiving the carefully prepared album of her childhood pictures, you'll say to yourself, "This is why we do this." But most of all... When you think of the hundreds of photos, the thousands of memories, the hugs and the laughter, the births and the weddings, the vacations and the first days of school, the ugly years and the blossoming beauties, the old boyfriends and the new hair styles, and the countless moments in time that have been lovingly preserved for the future because YOU cared enough to take the time to share, you'll know This is why we do this, This is why I do this!


Originally Posted on Heaven Sent Blog... rewrote and rearranged by Krafty Kiesha!