Ripples
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!

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Ripples #1030: Thriving in the Mess!

Ripples #1030: Thriving in the Mess!
Feb 18, 2019
PEBBLE

I always thought that the “thriving” would come when everything was perfect, and what I learned is that it’s actually down in the mess that things get good.…
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February 18, 2019

Ripples #1,003: Crazy Powerful!

Ripples #1,003: Crazy Powerful!
Aug 13, 2018
PEBBLE
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in proportion.
-Sir Francis Bacon,
shared by Natalie in Clear Lake, WI

BOULDER

Don’t let what is crazy to them, stop you from creating what is powerful to you.…
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August 13, 2018

Ripples #998: Becoming You!

Ripples #998: Becoming You!
July 9, 2018
PEBBLE
Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.…
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July 9, 2018
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