Doors and Keys

"You suppose that you are the lock on the door, but you are the key that opens it." ~Rumi

I love this quote. I have been contemplating it a lot recently as some 'doors' seem to be stuck while others are flinging wide open.

As I was leaving yoga last Thursday, I came out to my car to find my cell phone with about a million missed calls from Kathy (owner of Simply Selma's). There was a lady who was a rep for a several jewelry lines there at the store and Kathy felt that I needed to see one of the lines in particular. She told me the name of the line at which point if I could have climbed through the phone and into the store I would have. It is only about a minute from the Hot House parking lot to Selma's parking lot. I got there in about 30 seconds.

I have wanted this line of jewelry for our store for about a year but when I inquired about it was told that we couldn't have it due to the proximity of another store who already carried it. Now, if you have taken the time to read my previous posts or you just know me.....not a big fan of "No"....not at all. I will turn into a 4 year old before your very eyes. So....still sweaty and completely wrung out from yoga, I beat feet over to Selma's to meet for the first time, Charmaine...a wonderfully funny, no-nonsense lady from New York who reps several jewelry artists from Connecticut to Virginia. For the next 90 minutes we sat in our tiny back room pouring over the Pyrrha jewelry line and carefully selecting our first order. At one point, I sat back in my chair and it hit me....I had really wanted this and now almost a year after asking for it, I got it. So, not my time frame but the universe's instead. That was a big lesson for me.

After gleefully wrapping this order up, Charmaine says, "so you mentioned that you make jewelry...show me something." I showed her a couple of things, told her about my silk-wrap line and she wants to see that as well. I am sending photos and a couple of pieces to her this week. She could begin representing me to her stores as early as January. This is definitely the lady that you would want to represent you. The whole 'selling ice to eskimos' phrase springs to mind. So...look at that would you...doors opening and me being the key....how about that? Thanks Rumi.