A Note from Phil Wilson
Owner and Founder of Momentum98
Atlanta - 1998
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January 10, 1998
Hello. This is a little history of the advent of Massage Tools
in the United States, beginning actually in 1980.
I "accidentally" started selling Massage Tools in 1980.
I had gone to some kind of local show with a friend of mine
who happened to be a massage therapist. We ran across these
two men (no one got hurt, we just met them at their booth) selling
foot massagers at the show. They convinced me to buy 24 foot
massagers and try to sell them. And my friend was supportive
in this endeavor because she liked the foot massager also.
Anyway, I had been pretty much exclusively selling a line of nutritional
products at that time. And within one week, I sold 14 foot
massagers to my nutritional customers. So next thing I knew,
I bought 100 foot massagers, took them to a show, and sold a lot
of them. Then I went out to a National Health Show, seeing
what I could do to sell more of these foot massagers, and ran into
Kent, the Sandal Man from Australia. Traded him 7 foot massagers
for 2 pairs of Maseur Sandals. Bought 50 pairs of Sandals
a week later, and the rest is history. Went to a show in Michigan,
sold lots of Sandals, lots of foot massagers, and a few of my nutritional
products, which I still sell.
The Original Foot Doctor -1st
Massager sold by us !
(No Longer Available)
Foot Doctor, by D.M. Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio
So that's my history. I've been going to health shows
since 1975, and since 1980 have been selling mainly Massage Tools
& assorted other unique holistic health products. It's
been fun. I really enjoy turning people on to new ideas, new products,
anything that can uplift them, and help them to be a happier, and
a free-er person. I cherish Freedom above all, an Inner kind
of Freedom, one that does not allow guilt, nor fear. Of course,
we have to toe the line in those areas... doing our best listening
to our inner connection with the life force. But in general
I have found that guilt ties us to the past, and fear ties us to
the future. And I'm like the marionette that raves about
having no strings, no ties.
I never dreamed, as a graduate student in Mathematics, in a doctorate
program at Ohio State, with an honors degree in Mathematics at Indiana
University, that I would eventually quit graduate school (after
4 years), and start selling at first, Vitamins, and later all the
other Wellness Accessories, and other Unique Nutritional & other
Uplifting Holistic Health Products. But, that's part
of the adventure of Life. We start in one direction, and eventually,
we get to where we need to be.
So whoever told Alice, (I think it was the Cheshire Cat, but
it might have been Humpty Dumpty), when Alice was trying to find
her way home... that it didn't matter which way she went, as long
as she made the first steps, eventually she would find her way home.
So, like the Fool who followed his folly, I have come to something
which I very much enjoy - and that's basically communicating.
So all these Massage Tools and other products are just a ways to
communicate to you, that you can feel better, that what most people
accept as good health, simply ain't. And when we discover
there are whole other levels of healthy states of mind, and freedom,
it's truly incredible. We have accepted getting tired in the
middle of the day, etc, etc., as normal.
Well, it doesn't have to be that way. Somehow, some way...
we can feel better. And massage tools is one way for people
to experience a relaxed, and then focused awareness of first their
body, and sometimes other things. It's similar to what the
scientists have been saying for years; we use only about 10% of
our brain. Well, I am a Jiminy Cricket Fan too, and I believe
in dreams coming true, so when you wish upon a star... those
things can happen. And look at the picture below. Looks
like my eyes are closed, but I'm looking down. And right above
my head is a beautiful blue star.