The Essential Edge News, Volume 2 Issue 9-GB

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NEWS OF THE WORLD LEADER IN ESSENTIAL OILS

Volume 2 Issue 9

Founder’s Message

20th Anniversary: "A Hallmark Week" in France for Young Living Twenty-three years ago, Gary Young brought lavandula angustafolia seed from Provence, France, to plant in his quarter acre of ground behind the Young Living headquarters in Spokane, Washington. Gary felt a lot of excitement about the possibilities of growing French lavender in America, with a most fortuitous idea that this was just the beginning of something great to come in the future. Gary leased his first farm in France and then a few years later became the first American to purchase and own a lavender farm in the Provence region in the famous village of Simiane-laRotonde. This past July, after years of learning to grow, harvest, and distill

Crown Diamond Barbara Ochsenhofer in France, during the 20th anniversary celebration.

true lavender, Gary returned to southern France with 150 Young Living distributors from all corners of the world to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a most magnificent achievement. It was a monumental experience for distributors to see how one man’s vision has come full circle in perhaps the saving of French lavender for the world. About ten years ago, the farmers began to see a decline in their oil production. The plants weren’t as hardy and didn’t grow prolifically. It’s hard to say exactly what happened, but with years of chemically treated soil, exhausted soil nutrients, seven years of drought, and being struck by a virus, the lavender began dying out to now a loss of about 90 percent of the production in France. It seemed that pure lavender oil from France was to be lost to the world. However, the seed that Gary brought back had germinated into mighty little lavender plants, and when Gary bought his farm in St.

Maries, Idaho, those plants were transplanted to the farm and grew into huge, flowering bushes that produced exquisite oil. Gary’s first vertical, stainless steel distiller was built, more seed was planted, more oil produced, and more expertise acquired. Gary sent his beautiful, hardy seed to one of the lavender growers in Simiane-la-Rotonde, who in turn gave it to one of the greenhouse owners to see how well it would germinate. To everyone’s great delight, strong, healthy plants came up and were transplanted to the Young Living Farm. Distributors were thrilled to see our beautiful St. Maries plants growing in France, and what a contrast it was to see the few sickly plants that were still alive from previous years. Everyone was curious about the co-op distillery, of which we are part owner, and enthusiastically watched as Jean-Marie, our farm production manager, came in with a load of lavender in the harvester to dump into the extraction chamber. For many, it was the first time to see lavender distilled and to see those beautiful oil droplets come up into the separator. It was a great learning experience for all of us. We were honored to have the mayor of Simiane-la-Rotonde come to greet our Young Living guests, and we all enjoyed the picture taking. While most of the event was cenContinued, see FRANCE on page 2 THE

This has been a summer of opportunity! This year’s theme of transformation has perfectly described the enabling power found at every Young Living event that has inspired you to become better. This opportunity for transformation has literally been a worldwide effort: our International Grand Convention in Salt Lake City, our 20th anniversary celebration in France, and the Silver Retreat and 20th anniversary celebration in northern Idaho. This summer has been remarkable. Now, as all of us begin looking forward to the autumn season, a season filled with new sights and smells, I challenge each of you to continue on your path toward a changed, transformed, and better you. We are all dreamers. Each one of us dreams for something. I call it a dream for abundance. The quicker you are able to realize what your transformed you looks like, the faster you will achieve your dream of abundance. Don’t wait; make the decision to start acting today to realize your dream. It is yours for the taking! As I met with our wonderful Silver distributors in the lodge at the St. Maries farm during this year’s Silver Retreat, I talked with them about developing a deep purpose in life. Much of developing a deep purpose stems from the ability to evaluate yourself and dream, to visualize where or what you want to be. When you visualize something, you begin to believe it; when you believe it, your dream can become reality. There is a major disease that is destroying the possibility for successfully realizing our dreams, and it infiltrates all of us at times. It is called “excusitis.” Remove this disease from your life and start achieving today. The realization of abundance is worth the price.

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