Mark: Fun Times and Spiritual Growth in the Desert Metropolis of Vegas (baby)

I have just returned from 4 days of fun and growth in (of all places), Las Vegas. The fun part is to be expected, the unexpected part is the growth. My wife's sister's 21st birthday happened to coincide with the Hay House "I Can Do It" conference in Las Vegas. It seems that spirituality and "alternative" healing has become mainstream.

I was excited to hear Bill Philips, the founder of EAS and author of numerous books on nutrition and fitness, speak about his "Second Chance" organization and "Transformation". He shared his "11 Tenets", each powerful single words that resonated with me: Move, Care, Give, Feed, Talk, Know, Live, Hear, Heal, Grow and Love. The room of several thousand cheered and seemed inspired.

The conference included exhibitors of assorted new age paraphernalia: books (we spent $300), a chakra balancing device ($290) and the chance to meet some leaders of the spirituality movement: Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Dr. Darren Weissman of "Infinite Love and Gratitiude" as well as the renowned Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto, recognized for his leading edge research in photographing water crystals while exposed to positive and negatives words and music (he also enjoys Karaoke, as we witnessed).

Of course, we found time to enjoy ourselves in the emerging desert metropolis, enjoying fabulous cuisine at some great restaurants and kicking up our heels at the busy nightclubs. Our poolside cabana provided air conditioning to those inside as well as the desert air, which I must say felt a bit like conspicuous consumption!

The conference was inspiring to me at the personal level because these are people who are talking about the vast benefits of putting spiritual principles to work in one’s life. And from a business perspective, I was equally inspired because the speakers, authors and companies remind me that it is possible to do well by doing good. Ever since I have committed, with Roy, to building NourishLife and making a difference, I have been getting continuous signs that we are on the right track. My trip to Vegas (baby) was more of the same. Back to work…