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“Do all the good you can, by all the means
you can, in all the ways you can, in all the
places you can, to all the people you can, as
long as you ever can.” –John Wesley
BY JESSI BOSCHMA
As we look over the almost five years we’ve been using God’s blessings versus hanging on too tightly. (If you struggle with
dōTERRA products, so much has changed. We literally cannot this like I do, try Wintergreen, the oil of surrender.) God has blessed
fathom our life without these precious oils or company. Three our family and our team in so many ways. Whenever I teach a
years into our oil journey, when we were about to have our second class, I always share that saying yes to Jesus was the best decision
son, Brody, there was a shift. I was teaching high school math part I ever made—then saying yes to Ryan to be his wife, then saying
time and knew I didn’t want to go back to work once Brody was yes to being a mom, and then saying yes to dōTERRA. From the
born. I wanted to be home with him and our son, Lucas. I quickly beginning of our marriage, we have wanted to work together as a
filled up my schedule with oil classes and started teaching solo. team. dōTERRA has given us opportunities to love others, and it is
I was terrified, but my Why was big enough to push forward. our responsibility to take those opportunities and love the best we
Fast-forward two months: our Brody was born, and we had five know how. dōTERRA has helped us love better.
precious days with him before he passed away. The grief and
heartache was and is unimaginable, but through it all, we clung to
our faith and our amazing oils. We continued to share. It brought us
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joy, and our belief in the products only intensified.
Do less better: This has been a guiding phrase for most
After the heartbreaking loss of Brody, we were given time to
of our marriage. Before we commit to something, we ask
reevaluate our priorities. We realized life was too short to do
ourselves if it’s allowing us to do less better. When I look
something that didn’t bring us complete joy. We committed even
back at how thinly stretched I was years ago, it makes me
more to our dōTERRA business. We tightened our budget, I took
exhausted! It’s okay to tell people no; it highlights the times
a yearlong leave of absence from teaching, and we figured we
we say yes. There is such freedom in saying no. As a people-
could squeak by the next