Leo F. Buscaglia wrote: “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

It is my favourite quote. I did not realise how much this resonated with me until just now.

NewAgeStore is my baby. I am married and live in Australia. My hubby does all the code on the site (after hours) and I do, well everything else. For those who have been visiting for a few years (and yes I know that some have been here since we started in 1999) I'm sure you've noticed the major changes on the site.

Well over the past few weeks I had been answering emails, until last Thursday when I had to stop. I have poured so much of myself into this site that again - I did not realise just how much. I seemed to be getting email upon email of people writing in letting me know what was not working - which I greatly appreciated - then every 10 emails or so i'd get a not so nice one telling me how much the new site sucked! - The first one is easy to push aside, the 2nd, 3rd and even the 10th were easy to dismiss. But by email 30 telling me that they didn't like anything about the new site - I realised just how much of myself I had poured into the site - I was then reading the emails as a personal attachment to myself - and my poor little ego just was not able to process any more of these.

Which led me to having to distance myself and grab some perspective.

This is what i have come to realise

a) the visitors who come to newagestore are extremely passionate and proud of their site and the diving tools

b) i am no less a part of this than them

c) i can always improve

d) i am doing the very best right now, that i am capable of - my life experiences are a direct reflection of who i am right now

e) i love my site - i love my tools - i love my visitors, i love them all for their passion, their commitment and their tenacity

I will continue enhance and work on this our site - to make it the best spiritual hub on the net.

I thank you all for writing in and ask that you continue to do so :)

and remember:   “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

To all those people who wrote in with the seemingly harsh words, thank you - for this site would not be who it is without you.

To all those people who wrote in with the lovely kind beautiful words of inspiration, thank you - for this site would not be who it is without you.