Why do we keep a gratitude journal at Steinkraft Zeolith?
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we have noticed time and again that we overlook the small joys and even the major achievements. In 2024, we at Steinkraft Zeolith decided to take a slightly different path—the path of consistent, documented gratitude. Naturally inspired by our 2024 motto [OPTIMISM AS A DRIVING FORCE - THE BEST IS YET TO COME], which we adopted as our guiding principle for this year.
For us, gratitude should be far more than just a word; rather, it is an attitude that guides and shapes us. It sharpens our focus on what matters and grounds us in a world that is constantly changing and challenging us.
Gratitude is an expression of joy and vitality
In this blog post, we would like to share with you what we are grateful for in 2024. This list of gratitude is an expression of our joy and vitality. It helps us not only to experience special moments but also to preserve them, remember them, and bear witness to them. Every item on this list is a piece of our story, a moment that has shaped us and shown us how diverse and rich our lives and our work at Steinkraft Zeolith are.
We want to be transparent for our customers
For us, practicing gratitude also means opening up and being transparent. It is an invitation to you, our customers, to enter our world and see what moves and motivates us. And also what we get up to all week long. We firmly believe that this exchange fosters deeper understanding and stronger trust. You not only get to know us better, but also the values and convictions that drive us. ♡
Join us on this journey and discover with us what it means to be grateful in heart and mind. And to work on it, constantly reminding ourselves how we can shift energy (do you know what the magic spell ABRACADABRA is for? - yes, exactly, it means: may the energy shift), change perspectives, and look at things in a solution-oriented rather than a dramatizing way. It goes without saying that we see ourselves as learners and eternal practitioners.
Let's get started!
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We are very grateful ... always ... even if we only wrote this journal for half a year ...
June 2024
June slipped through our fingers ... What was happening in this early summer month?
- Received a new delivery of Active Microorganisms. Fresh and smelling wonderful.
- Our filling hall received a wonderful new lighting system. Illuminated with daylight.
- AND some really great, huge shelves that can house BigBags on the 1st floor, so to speak. Marika and Andreas set their hearts on these shelves—which are second-hand. Meaning, the two of them really wanted to have them. I am always a bit cautious about things like that; and yes, now I am glad they are here, too.
- We live and work next to a farm shop that has fresh bread 4 days a week. Baguette=divine. Rye bread=very delicious. Home-produced. And sometimes our courtyard smells of freshly baked bread. Depending on the wind. And that is wonderful. That makes us very grateful.
- Wrote a NEW blog post:
Horse love: How equestrian sports enrich your daughter's life.
- Developed a resale concept for Denmark.
- Shareholders' meeting in Hamburg: discussed strategy for Italy, ate well, experienced 2 brief rain showers, drove past the place where I got married - yes, that was in the registry office in Hamburg behind the Edeka ;-)) and drove a bit nostalgically through the street in Eppendorf where we used to live. At the same time, being incredibly grateful that the parking situation here in Lower Austria is incomparably better. Thank you for that time there with fish and crab sandwiches and rhubarb spritzers.
- What AI can do ... He/she can write and compose a song for us in a few seconds. Strictly speaking, it is two AIs.
Our new earworm for a few days now! Wow! Definitely give it a listen.
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May 2024
- It started off wonderfully. A week in Crete for further training on the topic of Creative Consciousness Development in the company of dear friends and my chosen sisters from Tel Aviv. Discovering the patterns of one's own mind and focusing it on what we want more of. We cannot be reminded of this often enough... Thank you for this beautiful week that I gifted to myself.
- Exactly during this week, EZRA - our dog - was bitten. By a neighbor's visiting dog. This chaotic creature ran out the door and shot at Ezra like a fireball and bit him 7 times.
7 medium to large wounds. Major deployment of the Zeolite powder. Licked off. Put back on with a good feeling. Painkillers. Lots of petting and affection. Then the Zeolite wound ointment on the healing spots. Zeolite powder on the others. Everything turned out well. Everything is healing. Thank you, self-healing power. Thank you for the dear get-well wishes. So sweet: our young neighbors checked on Ezra every day and provided him with treats.
- Yay! Our shipping warehouse was expanded with new shelves. Order, order, order that brings joy. Through red shelves that color-match our labels for LIFEKRAFT Zeolite very well.
- And yes, our compost workshop. Correct: Compooster workshop with Terrafelix. Here we did an experiment—the first vegan compost, hot-fermented, for our biocyclic vegan agriculture. That means without cow manure, horse manure, and eggshells.
It was a great lecture in the morning about paramagnetism, water quality, extremely interesting. Do you know that feeling when it's over, and you could start again from the beginning and hear everything once more because it's so inspiring; and it also takes a few times until you can follow the thought process.
Super explained. Even if you aren't deeply familiar with the subject matter, Marcel conveys it in a way that you understand the connections and want more. Highly recommended!
- And then there was MOTHER'S DAY, of course. Mom wished for Piccata Milanese.
She got it. With the best Italian spaghetti.
AND: A PROPER MOTHER'S DAY CAKE.
Thanks to the inventors of the Pavlova. (I hope that's how you spell it)
Once a year.
- And yes, we ship our products to Denmark.
- Yes, we ship our products to Italy.
- Yes, we ship our products to Slovakia.
- To Switzerland, anyway.
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April 2024
Our motto in the 4th month of 2024:
"Ask what is possible, not what is wrong."
Meg Wheatley
- We now know what WAGYU cattle are. To be honest, I confused them with Highland cattle—the ones with the long hair. And we know what their meat tastes like, and know many (I wanted to write all, but that's most likely not it) so many benefits. APART FROM THE TASTE, many good fatty acids, low in cholesterol, ... And why do we know them now? Because they use our products at the Wagyu farm. They were recommended them—for which we say a very special THANK YOU and send many good thoughts to those who recommend them: May you always feel well and be in a good mood!
- More and more people hear about our products at lectures and then call us to see if they can drop by. Farm-gate sales, so to speak. At our place, from the ONLINE SHOP shipping center. 1. THANK YOU for announcing yourselves and calling ahead and 2. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for being in such a good mood, laughing a lot, and having such a great sense of humor. That you bring good energy to us. With your appreciation, your application stories, your gratitude. It is a great honor for us to produce products for YOU.♡
- Well now, we learned something again. Until now we thought the Canary Islands belonged to the EU and therefore had the VAT of the respective country. But no! Tenerife is treated like a third country for customs purposes. With VAT exemption according to section so-and-so. Download form—thanks to Marika, you stayed on it until we found it. And thank you, dear customer—you paved the way for STEINKRAFT Zeolite to your beautiful islands. And all the best for your horse! So watch out! Yes, we ship to the Canary Islands.
- "That is so sweet... It's been a long time since I had such great customer service—thank you." Original quote from Mrs. K.H.
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MARCH 2024
Our motto in the 3rd month of 2024:
"Happiness is an inside job."
Dalai Lama
- Right at the beginning of this month, we received some pleasant news for which we are very grateful:
Original quote from K.B.: "From previous events in Sportgastein, I knew exactly about the problems and the changes in performance, regeneration, and digestion of my dogs up there.
We live a good 1000m lower and since this time it was a World Championship, which extended over two acclimatization days and three race days, a solution had to be found to mitigate or, at best, prevent the performance drop caused by the altitude and poorer food utilization.
In my search, I became aware of Dogkraft Zeolite Powder from Steinkraft. After an informative consultation, I decided to use "Dogkraft". I started adding the powder to the food a few days before the competition and thus had the certainty that the dogs could tolerate and process it well.
On the five days above 1600m, the stool was dry and firm every time, and there were no signs of performance-diminishing problems such as diarrhea, which is usually the case. To be successful, you need many puzzle pieces, and Dogkraft was one of them, and thus we were able to finish the Sled Dog World Championship with a silver medal.
- We were asked if we would give a lecture for the Farmers' Association. About microorganisms. And what the difference is between AM+Plus and the other microorganisms out there. In front of 12 wonderful women. Humorous and shapers of this earth. Thank you for these two such valuable hours. With every question you ask, we get better and we understand more and more what you need. You are practitioners with your own intuition and lots of sensitivity. Our heroines. We thank you for these fun hours, for all the laughter, your attention and mindfulness, and your striving for a good world.
"...you are a congenial pair and have a great radiance."
Thank you for the lovely feedback and THANK YOU for seeing us!
- THANK YOU for a few days in Mallorca! It was really windy and also cold. Wearing a beanie every day—that says a lot. Agreed upon on New Year's Eve—flew at the beginning of March with our long-time friend. Thank you for following through on things. There is no perfect time for such a weekend. You have to create it. Thank you for our free life, in which that is simply possible to make happen.
- Yesterday we had a wonderful party. What am I saying—a huge party. Dad, our senior boss, celebrated his 80th birthday. Starting with lunch for the whole family at our place. His wish was fried carp. The Christmas dinner, that is. So: where do we get organic carp? And then enough for many people? Hence our dear thank you to the "Bio-Fische" in Mariazell. Even though they weren't open and it was too late via the online shop order, they waited for us in their office until we picked up the fresh organic carp fillets. That's why we are now fully advertising your online shop. Great organic fish and loving support. That was one thing. ♡
- Thank you Dad, thank you Papa. For so much. You laid the foundation for STEINKRAFT with your stories about healed calves, your experiences, your quasi-empirical studies, and your talent for explaining everything in a way that everyone understands. Your love for good soil and milk with the right cell counts, udder health, hoof health has rubbed off on us. It was a real holiday. With lots of music—the entire Aschbach brass band was there and played his favorite marches over and over. And all of that organized by his neighbors. The village neighbors. As a surprise, they all stood there after the carp with so many birthday cakes and a brass band. (The big one came again in the evening as a surprise.) Can you feel this joy? And it wasn't just Dad who was moved to tears... ♡
- This month, 3 dear customers messaged us in the evening because they needed help in the online shop or wanted to ask something. In the evening... of course, that's when these amazing women have put their children to bed, read the 5th bedtime story, let the dog out one more time... and then finally have time for themselves. And these women are then quite astonished when we also provide a quick answer in the evening. Modern technology makes it possible. What can be answered easily on a mobile phone is still taken care of at 11 PM. It's clear to us that we are available! If we then get appreciative customer feedback for our efforts, we are of course also very happy! THANK YOU for appreciating this being-there as not something that can be taken for granted. ✿
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FEBRUARY 2024
Our motto for this second month:
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
- February started right away with a seminar at Lake Weissensee. And we learned to love it very much. The lake. The frozen one. We are grateful for that! Ezra enjoyed it just as much as we did. Thank you for having such joy and participating in everything with us and for being so uncomplicated.
Thank you Ezra for being in our life.
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Basalt, Basalt, Basalt: Offers written in the summer are now being redeemed. Soil in spring is getting started. A reminder: Basalt rock flour has an infinite number of trace elements. AND paramagnetic properties. Read more about this in the blog here >>>
We like these paramagnetic properties very much. Thank you Phil Callahan for your tireless work in researching and describing them in a way that we understand.
On the weekend, we visited an old garden. Actually, we were picking up organic cabbage there. More on that later.
R. in original quote: "We always have a lot of flowers in the spring. But since I started spreading basalt, they have tripled. And they are appearing in places where they weren't before."
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HORSEKRAFT Bedding is now easyCert listed, meaning it can be used in organic farming. Thank you, dear Mr. R., for switching to full-scale use of the zeolite bedding after testing the product in your stable. And since you run an organic farm, you now have the certified horse bedding to go with it, and above all, the best, high-quality fertilizer rich in bound ammonia for your fields. Homemade. Voilà!
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JANUARY 2024
- On January 1st, we received an email from Finland. We are very pleased and grateful that our quality is being seen, recognized, and requested in Finland. Thank you Google, thank you SEO, thank you us. Thank you to you, dear customers, for wanting to do something good for your animals and not being deterred by the shipping costs.
- We are delighted by the feedback: "Your company seems to us the most honest and very fair." Thank you for that; both are things we truly care about. And we don't take it for granted that someone would write such a comment in an email. Thank you for testifying in writing to what is important to us. ✿
- Thanks to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. We enjoyed a private tour in honor of Marika's birthday and happily delved into 10 paintings explained to us by Andrea and Manfred—our tour guides. Thank you both, you did it with such mindfulness, precision, and passion that we actually considered getting an annual pass for the museum. Do you know Giuseppe Arcimboldo's "The Four Seasons"? Or his "The Elements"?
- Thanks to our customers in Switzerland; we now know what Zebus are. Yes, they definitely need good bedding so that the stable stays dry and germ-free. Thank you for letting our thoughts on quality reach you. ✺
- We once decided to be found. That people come to us, and for that, I am truly grateful. Thank you for calling when you have many questions about zeolite because every zeolite dealer tells you something different. Thank you again for wanting to know the exact details. And for trusting your gut feeling. And yes, zeolite in a paper bag is not packaged correctly. And it's true, a ball mill cannot grind without abrasion and cannot activate the product. That is reserved for the tribomechanical grinding process. Thank you, Tihomir Lelas.
- Thank you, dear customers, for questioning us so kindly, and thank you, dear Ms. W., for saying: "Stay just as you are." ♡
- Thank you for this lovely feedback from Ms. M.: "Dear Marika, thank you from the HEART for the nice and human phone call; warmest greetings from the 'south of Germany' ;))." What we take for granted is obviously not taken for granted. Thank you for seeing the work we do with love in this way. ♡
- And when another customer calls the next day and describes us as "people of heart" during the call, and I have 'saved' her morning because of it, I immediately feel energy and a joyful mood. Thank you, dear Ms. G. ♡
- Today, beautiful pallets were created. HORSEKRAFT Bedding with zeolite for horses was freshly pulverized with organic lavender, bagged, stacked on pallets, and prepared for customers in Germany and Switzerland. We love sending beautiful pallets to our customers. Lovingly wrapped, and optimally prepared for transport. THANK YOU to our employees in production. Thank you for carrying forward the concept of quality in production and packaging and for clearly not allowing mediocrity.
- Thank you, thank you, thank you that there are places like the REFUGIUM in Lunz am See. Very good food. Very good drink. All in a very beautiful setting. Our dog was treated as a full guest and we truly felt loved. Thank you for creating an oasis of well-being there. And for your work, what you create every day, and loving it.
- Yesterday we had a very long customer conversation. Thank you very much that there are people like you, dear Ms. K., who want to know everything in precise detail. This allows us to keep growing and put even more information on our website or write blogs. And thus contribute more and more to the enlightenment about natural zeolite. Thank you for your questions. They show us what moves you and they sharpen us. And that is good!
- Right at the full moon, beautiful HORSEKRAFT Zeolite Pellets for horses were produced. 4 mm diameter with no binders and free of additives. Just zeolite and water. So, zeolite pellets are fresh now!
We learned today that these pellets are popular with those who have dust allergies. We weren't even aware of that, but it makes sense. Pellets don't dust at all. Therefore, no burden. So once again: THANK YOU to production! You did a wonderful job.
- The EarlyBirds of the Black Cumin with Zeolite Powder are here! We are happy that you are looking ahead in time to have it when you need it! (Isn't that some advertisement slogan? Remembered the slogan, not the product.)
Quick reminder: please start with this complementary feed for horses in good time before the midges are there. So that there is already a depot in the horse's body and they smell of black cumin. Not perceptible to us humans - BUT these biting midges smell it and don't like that scent at all.
So, what happened in JANUARY at STEINKRAFT Zeolite:
- Many, many inquiries, many phone calls with questions about grain sizes, dosages. Many packages sent. Our machine technology is drawing great interest. Data sheets are being translated into other languages—Finnish as you already know. Having labels reprinted and checking 100 times to ensure everything is correct. From the EAN code, to the QR code, to the legal notices that must be included. Freshly produced and bottled.
Looking back, we give January a Buddhist piece of wisdom:
"There is no great and difficult task that could not be broken down into small, easy tasks."
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