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 #1270: Futzing with Feels

PEBBLE
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.…
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September 25, 2023

Ripples #1268: Graduating from Hate

PEBBLE
Hate cannot finish what it began.
-tagged on a train trestle in NJ, shared by Patty in New Jersey

BOULDER

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, not to hate them, but to understand them.…
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September 11, 2023

Ripples #1262: Kindness (A Spacious Reframe)

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.…
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July 31, 2023

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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May 1, 2023
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