My wife, Victoria, makes beautiful hand crafted gifts. You can find many of them HERE.
And when I say hand crafted, I mean just that – she makes each of them one at a time, with all the love and the care that anyone would put into making a unique gift for a loved one.
Over the years, I’ve grown aware of a paradox in my thinking as I have watched her blossom into the artist she is today. On one side of my thinking, I really admire the time that she puts into hand crafting each gift. On the other side, though, I try to calculate in my logical, left brain what her actual hourly wage would be if she were clocking in at a job, and I’m usually not happy with the results…
But, doesn’t that completely miss the point?
In my heart, I know it does.
Victoria is not doing this for an hourly sum. She does it because she loves it. And because she knows that her friends and her customers love each of these gifts as much as she does.
So there’s another question I’m left with today… Does anyone do anything anymore in their business just cause it’s right, or just cause it’s beautiful, or just cause it’s a gift of service, of love?
Or do we only do things anymore when we are assured that a profit is forthcoming?
My head and my heart each have an answer to this question. And they are not the same.
Blessings,
Todd