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 1,100 issues. Have a quote that might make a good Pebble or Boulder? Submit it here!
To assume that your emotions are always important and meaningful is a recipe for suffering and emotional instability.
–Nick Wagnall, shared by Tom via his blog
BOULDER
Whatever you’re focused on is literally like planning a future event and your emotions give you instant feedback that reflect your thinking.…
PEBBLE
We are the actions…and maybe the most important word…the kindness…that we leave behind. -Andrew Garfield, shared by Emily in Carlow, Ireland
BOULDER
Maybe our choice to be kind isn’t meant to be about whether someone deserves it, but about creating the kind of world we want to live in and the way we want to show up in it.…
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.…
Kindness is the force that draws us together… Despite our collective state of loss, and our potential for evil, there exists a great network of goodness, knitted together by countless everyday human kindnesses.…