Every Monday since 1999, Paul has been sending out Ripples, an email containing two upbeat quotes submitted by readers (Pebble, Boulder) and something to think about for the week (Ponder). Enjoy recent issues below, and farther down you can use the keyword cloud or search bar to dive into our archive of over 1,300 issues. Have a quote that might make a good Pebble or Boulder? Submit it here!
I asked a therapist why resting is so hard for me, and she said “Because you confuse rest with being unproductive, and being unproductive with being unworthy.”…
We aren’t always free to change things, but we are always free to live through them in faith, hope, and love so that in every situation we grow humanly and spiritually.…
PEBBLE
Every action we take is a vote for the person we want to become. -James Clear, shared by Cheryl in Minnesota
BOULDER
Dear Overripe Avocado,
Thank you for reminding me
there is such a thing as
waiting too long to be ready.…