Clients as friends

Over the years I've made special connections with many clients in hotels, in particular at Christchurch's small luxury boutique hotel, The George. After one such meeting I was invited to return to America and work with them and their friends. That opportunity turned into a journey that took me to 6 States of America, in 6 weeks seeing clients from similar hotel connections, deepening and enhancing friendships along the way.

I am so grateful to have experienced clients as friends, with such heartwarming hospitality. One such couple have returned to NZ after all those years. Yesterday and today were magic pieces of evidence of the value of a moment of time, of lives touched deeply, that lasts longer than one could ever know. Yesterday I had the pleasure of having them home for lunch, that extended to dinner and thereafter coffee at our neighbourhood seaside village.

Double pleasure at their visit came from truely letting go of any of my 'shoulds' on my list to do that day....They had travelled so far and being with them was more important than any doingness.

Today I returned to The George for their massage, then out for lunch and touristing them around. They told me an equally fascinating story that speaks of the heart of Kiwis and our hospitable nature. It also showed my client/friends ability to create magic in their lives. Six years ago on their first visit to New Zealand they'd had a memorable restaurant experience, and wanted to repeat it, so they had kept the proprietors' business card. When they returned to NZ they phoned the restaurant and although the restaurant was no longer in business the owners invited them to join them at their personal home in the middle of a dinner party, a treat even more amazing than their first!

It is interesting as I explore and re-experience these relationships that I notice I once respectfully separated my clients as 'them' (rich clients) and 'Me' - service provider. Recently my SPEED Manifesting coach pointed out it's not an us and them, but an equality; that wealth is a function of mindset; that we carry our wealth with us, and it does not serve to judge ourselves and others as having or not having, nor putting ourselves outside of what we choose as a future lifestyle. She said "in order to have, you have to already be".

Gayel