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 #1355: Living In the After

PEBBLE
There will always be a before and an after, and you have to learn to live in the after.
~Rachel Hawkins, shared by Kathy in Appleton, WI (who stumbled upon this passage in the novel “Reckless Girls” and liked that one of the characters had the phrase “In the After” tattooed on her inner wrist to remind herself where to focus her time/energy/life)

BOULDER

It is not wrong to have moments of joy and laughter in the midst of pain and grief – rather it means that we are able to hold multiple contradicting truths all at once, and that is a beautiful thing.…
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Ripples #1343: Good Enough

PEBBLE
There is: Glorious; Grand; Great; Good; and Good Enough.
Not every effort belongs in a single category.
Choose where you bank your energy resources wisely.…
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