Category Archives: Quality

Conformance to Requirements

When the Student is ready . . .

Posted on August 23, 2017 by hamiltonstation

As if somehow predestined, the required teacher shows up. That’s the message from this ancient Chinese proverb: “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” While working in a public high school for a few years, I often noticed (and … Continue reading →

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Contentment on the Job

Posted on August 10, 2017 by hamiltonstation

Some “everyday” things in life are sacred.  Time spent breaking bread with other people is one of those, since relationships in general are sacred. At the deepest level we humans are spirit and as such have unconditional respect for other … Continue reading →

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Heaven is Now

Posted on April 4, 2012 by hamiltonstation

If heaven is now, why then is there so much trouble? Trouble, you say; what trouble? Well, for one, I recently learned that there is some kind of epidemic, mainly in Uganda, where kids are slipping into a kind of … Continue reading →

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Akron Woods – Orientation

Posted on March 26, 2012 by hamiltonstation

   It was the 5th grade in Salisbury, Massachusetts in September 1954. My parents announced that we were relocating to Kent Ohio, a small town near Akron, the tire-making capital of the US. Within weeks I was torn from my … Continue reading →

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Integrity

Posted on January 14, 2012 by hamiltonstation

Integrity verses Honesty When the virtue integrity is mentioned, the concept of honesty often comes to mind. However, integrity and honesty are quite different. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines integrity as “being of sound moral principal; state of being complete, … Continue reading →

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