Editorial
Volume 10 Issue 2 — July/August
2004
 by
Melva Armstrong
Welcome to our July-August 2004 issue! Once again the journal
is packed full of fantastic articles and incredible advertising.
I had a friend tell me recently that she reads all the advertising,
as well as all the articles because she feels that everything
inside the journal is interesting. She added, “And
I don’t believe there are any other newspapers or magazines
about which I feel the same.” I think her comments
speak volumes for the fine quality of material that is published
in WHOLifE and, in that respect, I would like to direct her
praise to all those, not merely myself, who contribute to
the journal in every aspect of it because it is the sum total
of every individual’s contribution that makes the journal
what it is. My part is simply to gather the material together
and make sure everything gets done so that you have the wonderful
finished product to read and benefit from every two months.
I see it as a communal endeavour. I must also tell you that
my experience of working on each issue is rather intriguing—it
is as though there is something that guides the whole process
and magically makes it all unfold in the perfect right order.
I don’t always recognize this in the midst of the process
but, in hindsight, I usually see that each issue is all perfectly
coordinated.
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I tell you in
almost every editorial how very blessed I feel doing this
work, and the truth is I am very blessed doing this work.
I want you to know that and that’s why I keep saying
it. I meet the most wonderful folks and I truly enjoy my
interactions with all of them. Like me they are individuals
who love what they do so we can relate to each other’s
work ethic and, most importantly, we have the same common
philosophy—to love ourselves and others, and to help
the world be a better place. This is everyone’s gift
to life!
I especially find it a real joy to meet people who are
just starting their new careers in this wellness field. It
is heartwarming and priceless to watch them grow and evolve
with excitement in their voices and joy on their faces. It
is like watching a young child who is finally able to ride
a two-wheel bike without training wheels—they are thrilled
and excited about their great accomplishment at finally doing
it on their own and they can’t wait to do more. It
is the thrill of standing next to people who are in their
joy, because they are doing things they love and that excite
them, that is so precious and beautiful, and so contagious.
That’s what life is meant to be and that’s the
kind of people I meet through WHOLifE Journal, so it is no
accident that I enjoy my work.
I have observed over the years that the quality and quantity
of work that is being done in the wholistic health field
is growing with every new day, and it seems to me that the
people who are involved in any natural healing and health
care business are usually thinking along the same lines.
In that sense I believe these like-minded folks are creating
a positive and necessary effect on how our world and the
people in it are unfolding. I also believe this joining of
like minds is of vital importance at this time in history,
as the world is undergoing great upheaval and evolutionary
changes and it needs the combined positive life-energy force
of all those who believe in “the good of all” to
provide that necessary balancing energy. I am sure that is
why so many more individuals are being guided to take up
new careers in the world of wholistic health and wellness,
for as the chaos and upheaval increases there is a need for
an equal and opposite calming and healing force, and they
are the ones providing that balance. Thank God!
In creating this issue I would especially like to thank
Debra Boyle, President and Founder of Pro Organics (www.proorganics.com),
and photographer Stephen Edgar (www.stephenjedgar.com), for
their kind generosity, as well as their time and energy,
in making it possible to have the attractive front cover
photo of Debra holding freshly picked certified organic strawberries
from the fields of the Welsh Family Farms in Scotland, Ontario.
Your gifts are gratefully appreciated. Pro Organics has been
Canada’s leading distributor of organic fresh food
for 14 years, representing over 500 certified organic farms
world-wide.
May your summer days be filled with love and light!
Namaste!
(I honour the Spirit in you!)
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