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!

Ripples #1272: Look Up!

PEBBLE
A new perspective may be waiting for you…remember to look up.
-Debra Solomon, written and shared by Debra in Wisconsin (whose random decision to try a new route on her usual drive between work and home radically improved an otherwise ordinary moment)

BOULDER

Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right.…
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Ripples #1249: Good Faith Conversations

PEBBLE
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another person’s observation, not overturning it.
-Edward Bulwer-Lytton, shared by Mary in Colorado BOULDER
A good faith conversation begins with curiosity, gropes toward awakening and retires in mercy.…
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Ripples #1238: Revealing Love

PEBBLE
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
–Zora Neale Hurston, shared by Kari in Cambridge, MA

BOULDER

Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.…
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