Ever since I first heard the concept, I’ve been fascinated with Kaizen.
What It Means
Kaizen is a Japanese principle for creating change. Kai in Japanese means “change” or “to correct” and Zen means “good”. So Kaizen is a way of creating continuous good change, in personal life and in organizations.
How Kaizen Has Been Applied
It’s been used for decades at Toyota [...]
On this anniversary of September 11, we allow ourselves to be enveloped in the unconditional love of God. Love, compassion, forgiveness, these form a sacred path Home and erase all hate, hurt and pain.
Quote for the day:
“What if we embrace loss in a lifelong healing journey toward wholeness? What if from childhood we were taught [...]
Quote for the day:
“It is said that if you take one step toward Him, He advances ten steps toward you. But the complete truth is God is always with you.”
Mohammed
Sacred Text:
“He is our God! We have put our trust in him, and he has rescued us. He is the Lord! We have put [...]
Today, something else came to me that I saw in the park yesterday. If you read my post from yesterday, you already know the gratitude lessons that surprised me… Here’s another… (The same with yesterday, mental meanderings are in green italics.)
I saw a woman with a baby in a carrier on her back. She was [...]
Continue reading about More Gratitude From Allen Pond Yesterday
I love to get my exercise by walking outside (I hate treadmills, and gyms too) and I especially love walking near water. So I was in near heaven this morning on my walk around Allen Pond. It is a tranquil and blissful patch of land in my neighborhood with a pond in the center. I [...]
Continue reading about A Surprise Turn of Events During My Morning Walk Today
My head is spinning. And it’s because of my obsessive nature. When I decide I want to get something done, it’s got to be done yesterday, in its entirety, regardless of the enormity of the project.
This little proclivity of mine has been hanging around for years. I become fixated on a project and forget to [...]
This morning I was furiously swatting at the stray mulch on my driveway which has come undone in the recent wind and rains. Caught up in a sweeping frenzy, I had one goal in mind: to herd the stray mulch back into the bed as fast as humanly possible. I had other things to do. [...]
