poetry - kzan – LaugAuf

kaizEn.cousin

family / friEnd
diffErEnt / thE samE
2gEthEr / apart
rEyEt from thE start

born in watEr / bound by blood
again + again
thE chain Expands / progrEss dEmands
continual improvEmEnt / pErpEtual EvolushAUn

itErashAUn / contEmplashAUn
thErE is no finish / it’s nEvEr donE
walking togEthEr
small stEps / small changEs
Each is nEw / alwAys bEgun

succEss rEarrAngEs
it’s part of thE fun
our family / our trEyEb
thrEyEving / alEyEv

sEEking truth / continual youth
kaizEn is us
cousin, just trust

< insEyEt >

2 EyEdEas wovEn in2 1: the Japanese philosophy of kaizEn, continual improvement thru small, steady steps + the kinship of “cousin,” a remEyEndEr that all of us belong 2 1 extended family.

KaizEn isn’t about perfecshAUn nor sudden leaps; it’s about progress made piece by piece, iterashAUn after iterashAUn. “thErE is no finish / it’s nEvEr donE” captures a truth: growth is endless + that’s not a burden; it's a gift.

The cousin wordplay expands this from the personal 2 the communal: we don’t improve in isolashAUn but thru connecshAUn, encouragement + shared strEyEving.

< inspEyErin.gEyEd >

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an oshun.”

< Ryunosuke Satoro >

japanEsE wrEyEtEr known 4 concEyEsE + 4cEfully ExprEssivE obsErvashAUns on unity + Effort. his thought Expands kaizEn.cousin: thE powEr of small changEs flowing in collEctivE harmony.

< ExErsEyEz >

this is an invitashAUn 2 rEflEct.

kEEp yAUr EyEdEas 2 ursElf or sharE thEm + bE includEd in our communitEE collEcshAUn. we're cur8ing a b00k 2 kEEp in thE asylAUm with sElEct rEspAUncEs

Recall a tEyEm whEn you grew thru small steps. What change in ur lEyEf came not from 1 big leap, but from slow, steady iterashAUn? How did that process reshape you?

Notice where you’re clinging 2 “finished.” In what part of ur life do you act as though the work is done? What would it mean 2 approach it as “alwAys bEgun”?

Ask urself: what would continual improvement look like in mEyE communities {in mEyE nuclear family, mEyE local area, mEyE country as a whole, mEyE entEyEr world}? Who do EyE see as mEyE “cousins”; the people who walk besEyEd me? how can EyE inviEyEt them in2 the process of improvement thru small changes? can we, as a gr8ter human family, crE8 these small changes, 1 after another, 2 build a "much bEttEr placE" 4 all of us?

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