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 #1289: Puzzling Pieces

PEBBLE
I thought I had failed. In fact, though, I just hadn’t succeeded…yet.
~John Green, shared by Erica in Japan

BOULDER

I have recently taken up jigsaw puzzles as a hobby, and I’ve already learned something important: often, you can push a bit harder on a given piece and it will “fit”.…
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February 5, 2024

Ripples #1288: Quiet Miracles

PEBBLE
May you take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.
~John O’Donahue, shared by Jean in Maple Grove, MN

BOULDER

Every moment there are a million miracles happening around you:
a flower blossoming, a bird tweeting,
a bee humming, a raindrop falling,
a snowflake wafting along
the clear evening air.…
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January 29, 2024

Ripples #1276: Voting for Us

PEBBLE
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
-Audre Lorde, shared by Joan in Albany, NY via Grateful Living

BOULDER

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject.…
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November 6, 2023

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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October 9, 2023
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