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 1,100 issues. Have a quote that might make a good Pebble or Boulder? Submit it here!

Ripples #1161: Befriending Thoughts

PEBBLE
You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.
-Dan Millman, shared by Deb in Phoenix, AZ

BOULDER

You don’t suffer because you have thoughts.…
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Ripples #1144: Internal Struggles

PEBBLE
The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.…
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Ripples #1142: What’s Next?

PEBBLE
There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
-Jawaharlal Nehru, shared by Pablo in Fort Myers, FL

BOULDER

Perhaps the key is realizing that we are not going to finally get to some stable place of having it all figured out.…
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