Holy Week Reflections Entry #1
๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น.
Do you know how? Let me tell you in a while.
It all started good.
Having come across H+H for the first time, the client, was amazed at our product line all made by meโCandy Turon, Spreadable Confections, and Savory Sauces.
He then asked me what or who my inspiration was for creating these products. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ฉ๐โ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐.
๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐; ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข.
He then said that heโll give me some advice on marketing, which is to never tell that because it offends old people such as him, who is already 60 years old. After all, the paying clients are adults and people like him and not the youth. He confidently said that right in front of the youth who are at my booth at the time to support me by purchasing my products.
And what did I do? I just nodded in agreement.
Should I have given him a piece of my mind? I believe not at that moment. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐.
All this time, I believed that my energy and passion will attract the right people, which I have been. But this also means that I will encounter clients who will find me too much and my beliefs flawed, and that is ๐๐๐ผ๐.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐. You do not have to please everyone; you must take care of the relationships you have with the right circle.
Towards the middle of the day, guess what the lovely twist of fate is?
I met a familyโMaโam Beth, Sam, and Yogi--who were also amazed at what I make and do. They bought my products and we even got talking about how we can help each other in our own advocacies.
And I thank them and the several clients who went to visit us that day for receiving and matching my energy.
So to the youth and women striving to make a change in the community, keep on doing and telling the world about what inspires you.
Let them be offended.
Let your energy be too much.
In the end, what matters is ๐ฌ๐๐คโ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ .