Kaizen
“Manifestation is simply taking a series of inspired steps in the direction of your vision.”
~Rob Hambleton
I believe in the Law of Attraction — I really do. I believe that if you set your heart on something and put it out to the Universe — and subject your intention to the Highest Good of everyone — you will manifest all that you desire.
But the thing is, you can’t just sit around and expect the Universe to drop your dreams into your lap — you have to take Inspired Action when the time is right.
In August of1993 I hiked Mt. Fuji with three friends. We left Tokyo at about 4am and arrived at the trail head at 6am. We had some green tea, bought staffs and flags and headed up the trail.
The trailhead is at about 7,000 ft. and the beautiful summit stands, often above the clouds, at 12,385 ft. Many Japanese people hike the mountain at night and arrive at the summit when the sun rises in the morning — a special pilgrimage to a sacred place. As we started our hike, there were several older folks — many at least 70 years old — headed up the mountain and moving very slowly following an english-speaking guide with a flag. I asked him how long it would take the folks to go up and down the mountain and he responded that it would take about 10 hours and that each one of them would definitely make it — that they would focus only on each bend in the trail until they got there — and then they would focus on the next bend — a sort of progressive, physical, mental and physical meditation — until they reached the top. It took us about 3 hours to get to the top, we stayed on the summit for about 30 minutes, then headed down. On our way down, we recognized our friends from the bottom of the trail, still about 2 hours from the summit, focused on each and every step they were taking — and they were slowly making it.
In the 50s, the US was on top of the world and Japan was rebuilding. Dr. W. Edwards Deming offered his thoughts to US industry on increasing quality, but his ideas didn’t get much traction. He took his work to Japan and it was embraced whole-heartedly — in fact the Japanese have a word for slow, methodical, continous improvement — Kaizen. They used this principle to steadily increase and improve their position in the industrialized world and now stand as a world power — largely due to applying these concepts.
Are you ready to get unstuck and start living your life? Identify your Core Values, write your Personal Mission Statement, identify your Key Goal Areas where you want to take Inspired Action. Identify the key steps you need to take — very, very small steps — one at a time — THEN START TAKING THEM. Each of those very, very small steps needs to find their way to your DAILY “TO DO” LIST.
Take the steps, check them off and keep moving to the next bend in the trail.
It is only in this way that the Laws of Attraction and Manifestation work. The Universe will conspire with you and will bring you what you need — but you need to take the first step.
Need help? Let me know.
Peace to you.
Rob, Mary and Wes
