Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Inevitability of Change


We are unhappy because we seek happiness!
One who encounters all situations with equanimity,
shall find happiness inevitably. - Param Pujya Ma

This has been a fast paced summer of great changes.  My apologies for abandoning my blog for several months.  

My summer went like this:
May 19, 20  - Atlanta, GA
May 26, 27- Brookline, MA
June 9,10 - Nashville, TN
June 16,17 - Cleveland, OH
July 2,3 - Takoma Park, MD
July 7,8 - Cincinnati, OH
July 13,14,15  - Virginia Beach, VA
July 28,29 - York, PA
August 4,5 - Hyannis, MA
August 18,19 - Atlanta, GA
  
(My car has achieved 200,000 miles in 7 years and I am travel weary.)

Change is the very nature of existence.  Fear of change is our obstacle rather than the change itself.  We can be slow to accept changes but they will come even to the unwilling and we will learn to walk a new path.  I am currently making transitions from the stone age to the information age and I am finding the transition more painful than I would like to admit.  It is true that I need to let technology do my driving for me, but I will miss the long visits to artsy gift stores around the country.  Many of the places that I used to visit have not weathered the economic storm.  What remains are shops with a strong presence online who access customers around the globe.  The transition to globalization is very old news but for those of us who relish trips to places where there is rarely electricity and entertainment is a front porch chat, there has been a very deliberate foot dragging.

Here's what is happening.  My postcard show announcements will completely disappear by the end of this year.  They will be replaced by an email list serve.  If you want to know when I am coming to a show near you you will have to subscribe.  I will still be traveling for the near future.
Sign up here, http://eepurl.com/oWRpL.

As a bonus, you will be notified when we receive new shipments or if we are having a spectacular sale.  That's it!  I won't send you junk mail every day or even every week, I promise.

Unsubscribing is also easy if you would prefer not to receive more email.  A simple click on "opt out" in any mailing will opt you out.

The big changes to the web site will take several weeks but soon anyone who wants to make a purchase, either wholesale or retail, should be able to click on the item and get it in about 4 business days.  I will certainly make a big announcement when the changes are complete.

Learning can only happen in concert with change.  May you experience peaceful transitions as you encounter the flowering of enlightenment!


 


5 comments:

  1. unfortunately, you never come near me. I would love to meet you face to face.

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  2. Oh change - the joys of the modern world (and not always for the better). Thanks for stopping by my blog and saying hey. I look forward to reading more :)

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  3. Change is inevitable, and we just need to go with the flow. I would love to be on your email list.

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  4. Hi Nancy,
    I'm clinging to the raft right now!

    Please do subscribe and tell all of your friends. The more the merrier. There is such a huge buffet of art and wisdom in Nepal that I really need the input from my friends and customers so that I know what to focus on.

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  5. Put me on your mailing list, too. I hadn't thought to look here for new posts. Sorry I'm so behind the time curve!
    - Trish

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