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 #1359: Living Life Well

PEBBLE
Live the life you love, love the life you live.
~Muddy Waters, shared by Brittany in Rice Lake, WI (she and her brother each have a tattoo of this phrase)

BOULDER

The goal of adulthood is to let go of the other possible existences and to make the best of the one.…
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June 9, 2025

Ripples #812: Aliveness!

[12/15/2014]
Ripples #812: Aliveness!
PEBBLE
Live so fully and so brilliantly
that your pain diminishes
in your aliveness.
―Bryant McGill

BOULDER

There is a joy in the actual taste of vanilla ice cream that does not come from knowing the chemical formula of vanilla.…
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December 15, 2014
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