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 #1192: Your YOUness

PEBBLE
Margaret, maybe the you you are is better than the one you’re trying to become?
-Bill, shared by Margaret in Williamsburg, VA (whose friend said this to her 25 years ago and to this day still finds this comment helpful when she occasionally doubts her enoughness and her fabulousness)

BOULDER

I’m laughing because I know the secret of life.…
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March 28, 2022

Ripples #1190: Settling Down

PEBBLE
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
-Alan Watts, shared by David in Los Angeles, CA

BOULDER

Learning to drop what we’re doing, however momentarily, and to genuinely pay attention in the present moment, without attachment or bias, helps us become clear, just as a snow globe becomes clear when we stop shaking it and its flakes settle.…
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March 14, 2022

Ripples #1184: Winter Awake

PEBBLE
Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives they lived in the summer.…
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January 31, 2022
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