dreaming sears again

(from journal notes online, see Outgoing) wildly dreaming sears again:

yoga, i was thinking and the 40 second stretch for openers, that i wanted to write down right then my proposal to Steve in particular, copy to all, incl helena? and the human resources guy that visited us 2 years ago? anyway what?

Thesis: the Sears stores of the Northwest could be a dynamic player in defining the next expression of the Brand. You could hypothesize that we are living in some next Last Stand phase for sears stores. If that is so, perhaps the NW Sears operation could develop enterprise that rekindles customer interest and grows our base. That is my sense of the possibility now, if the "young turks" on the ground helped to make it so and higher management joins to new possibilities.

I have a couple of bold, big picture dreamings, haha, and several smaller picture projects/schemes, and then -- like the following proposal you are already familiar with -- just everyday operations dreamings. So,

A simple Starter:
Begin our morning rally with 40-seconds focusing on stretching and deep breathing.

Not only does this help loosen up and charge the body/mind/attitude machine of every associate, brain science demonstrates how wholesome a few seconds of such action revitalizes the entire system, including one's heart, balance, mood, and endurance.

Our training module on Health and Safety declare that every shift should begin with some stretching, so what better reason than to institute it and do some together?

Two times, Bruce and Steve have impromptu and kind of jokingly let me lead a starting stretch, and it was surprising to me the encouraging feedback I got from the some our best workers. Zach in shoes, for instance, after the most recent time, thanked me for giving him a good excuse to set himself up for the next part of his shift. He said something like " I'd like to warm-up, but wouldn't do it on my own out there. This gives me a great excuse!" The other time i led it was a good year ago, so many folks aren't around, but the different ages and types of folks that made a point to say it was terrific was very encouraging.

Those two times, I was caught by surprise, so it was a pitiful, thin version of what i am proposing. I think if I were able to truly prepare and lead it a few times, everyone would catch on and anyone could lead it, in fact, different variations would be SO fun. I do believe it would be a big hit -- even if it were also an excuse to groan and complain, haha -- and be a natural, wholesome addition to the morning rally. 

I also think it would be the kind of thing that would be worth a news story, or Facebook post, about brain science practice at Sears, haha. seriously.

Good light on the Human Measure

This is beautiful

From this collection

dreaming Sears in 20 minute increments

20 minute increments

* organize and gather up all the chrome in hard lines closets. 

(Ask for a guide of Jeremy's to introduce me to the rules of the room. Is there someone in charge of it, like Stacey in the back?)

* get a tour and learn the rules of the room. Other store rooms for display?

(Red cloths)

Learn how to send and send PDFs of Floor plan and tools (Xmas map)

Hector on a Grandpa Craftsmen position opening middle and close all through Christmas, break them in starting in July.

July, have the already roughed out history display outside on the mall hall wall. Did not go far enough though on the history.

Draw out the Merchandizing Library Tower. Draw out the Kmart entrance. 

Haha, maybe PNCA would help me?!

And the brains & designers behind those other merchandize centers like Bridgeport and Cascade Station would help. they had their Oregon City proposal get nixed, but maybe they would enjoy this humble undertaking.

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"Are you in your skin?"

Californian Susan Herrera spent two years in northern Cameroon in what might be described as the classic Peace Corps assignment: teaching school in a remote African village. 'Jam bah doo nah?' ('Are you in your skin?') her neighbors ask her by way of greeting, and the response means, 'Yes, I am alive, fully present and experiencing the moment.' It is a good question. If you stop and check enough to be able to say, Yes, it can be its own blessing and body prayer.

I wanna do a video and report my way through body prayer, where one is suspended within the pull of Heaven and the anchoring of Earth, and perceive the Whole container of life that holds our Being: our Skin. All of one's living flesh and mind and bone is contained in this singular organ that holds its wet treasure. It is a Peripheral Vision kind of experiencing. A soft focus that quiets the Think Think Think to perceive this greater Whole that we are, or might be. This chamber of Mind and Body and Spirit is my/our personal Pod, and it is an Expression of a Bigger Life. Infinitely expressing now, as Physics. And Love. And Light. And each one of us. A God Pod if you will. Enclosing us as and in our skin.

I love to hear someone else pray

No one else is the same. Even the same words I have heard before are new in another's heartfelt devotion.

And so often it is SO different from my own lines of communication with the Most High God -- that is, the way a praying person perceives their relationship with God is somewhat revealed, often very different from my own relationship with God. Shaky or strong, i find their attempt to address pure Excellence so full and wholesome, and often very different from my own. I am inspired in their prayers and way of addressing God,  I see new possibilities of vigor for myself, new veins of  understanding God by hearing their voice speak to Him who they have come to know and love and depend upon.