Ripples, version 1.33 [8/30/99] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Should you find yourself the victim
of other people's bitterness,
ignorance, smallness or insecurities;
Remember, things could be worse:
You could be them!!!
Original source unknown, Submitted by: Carol Satchell
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
walking along a wooded path early one morning shadowed by the twisted and
towering timbers i feared that my way would be lost. as my brow began to
sweat and my countenance fail, i remembered that it was not in seeing the
path, but in taking the next step that ours journeys are made real.
i'm not sure if the path miraculously became clear or my spirit simply
changed focus, but the trees no longer appeared ominous and daybreak came.
Written and submitted by: Toby Causby
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
My journeys this week have included a few new student orientations where I
have the challenge of helping college freshmen tackle their extreme
nervousness and transform it into extreme connections (connections to
people, to their surroundings, to the new ideas they will encounter, etc.).
I spent lots of time convincing them how important it is to make new
friends. It wasn't until I sat down to create this week's Ripples that I
realize I also need to tell them to remember the value of their old
friends.
I have had quite an adventure making new friends at University of Southern
Indiana and Indiana University this week. But it was equally fabulous to
connect with many old friends at Cardinal Stritch University and University
of Wisconsin - River Falls. I am remembering a song my sister used to sing
in Girl Scouts: "Make new friends, but keep the old ones...One is Silver
and the other Gold."
Do us ALL a favor today and spend a moment connecting with an old friend,
and creating a new connection too!
Paul
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Monday, August 30, 1999
Monday, August 23, 1999
Ripples v1.32
Ripples, version 1.32 [8/23/99] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
Total Number of Current Subscribers: 1474
Welcome to new subscribers from:
Indiana University - Bloomington, Recreational Sports
Indiana University - Kokomo
Central Missouri State University
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sucess has a price tag on it, and the tag reads:
'Courage, determination, discipline, risk taking, perserance, and
consistency - doing the right things for the right reasons and not just
when we feel like it.'
Original Source: James M. Meston
Submitted by: Jeanne Ludjack
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Value of a Smile
It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes last forever.
None are so rich that they can get along without it,
and none are so poor but are richer for a smile.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in a business,
and is the mark of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, Sunshine to the sad
and natures antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen,
for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody until it is
given away.
And if it ever happens that some people should be too tired to give
you a smile, why not leave one of your own?
For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give.
Original Source: unknown
Submitted by: John M McCulley
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I've had a several challenges this week with my travels.....plenty of
flight delays and messed up reservations and inconsiderate service folks.
ARG! My sanity has been maintained by remembering Chutes and Ladders. Do
you remember playing that? Sometimes you landed on a ladder and you'd
could climb ahead. Eventually, though, there would be a chute that would
send you down a few pegs. In the long run, you move forward more than you
move back.
Enjoy today, whether you've landed on a chute or a ladder!
Paul
P.S. Keep those Ripples submissions coming! Please remember to remove
headers and forwarding symbols before sending them in! It makes my job
MUCH easier!
Total Number of Current Subscribers: 1474
Welcome to new subscribers from:
Indiana University - Bloomington, Recreational Sports
Indiana University - Kokomo
Central Missouri State University
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Sucess has a price tag on it, and the tag reads:
'Courage, determination, discipline, risk taking, perserance, and
consistency - doing the right things for the right reasons and not just
when we feel like it.'
Original Source: James M. Meston
Submitted by: Jeanne Ludjack
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Value of a Smile
It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes last forever.
None are so rich that they can get along without it,
and none are so poor but are richer for a smile.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in a business,
and is the mark of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, Sunshine to the sad
and natures antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen,
for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody until it is
given away.
And if it ever happens that some people should be too tired to give
you a smile, why not leave one of your own?
For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give.
Original Source: unknown
Submitted by: John M McCulley
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I've had a several challenges this week with my travels.....plenty of
flight delays and messed up reservations and inconsiderate service folks.
ARG! My sanity has been maintained by remembering Chutes and Ladders. Do
you remember playing that? Sometimes you landed on a ladder and you'd
could climb ahead. Eventually, though, there would be a chute that would
send you down a few pegs. In the long run, you move forward more than you
move back.
Enjoy today, whether you've landed on a chute or a ladder!
Paul
P.S. Keep those Ripples submissions coming! Please remember to remove
headers and forwarding symbols before sending them in! It makes my job
MUCH easier!
Monday, August 16, 1999
Ripples v1.31
Ripples, version 1.31 [8/16/99] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
Total Number of Current Subscribers: 1474
Welcome to new subscribers from:
WSFSA: Wisconsin School Food Service Association
TCC: Tulsa Community College
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The rainbow is more beautiful than the pot at the end of it, because the rainbow is now.
The pot comes later and never turns out to be quite what you expect.
Original Source: Hugh Prather
Submitted by: Nick Papandria
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Oath:
I will keep an open mind.
I will not allow college to have been the best years of my life.
I will smell the roses.
I will not wait until tomorrow.
I will not graduate only to become what I despise.
I will not go quietly.
I will talk to him/her.
I will remember that "this too shall pass."
I will squeeze the most out of this life.
I will not be a victim.
I will keep things in perspective.
I will do what you think I can't do.
I will live today.
Original Source: unknown
Submitted by: Martha Schmitt
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
While many Ripples subscribers are on an "academic calendar" and thus
preparing to start another year, I thought the rest of us needed a reminder
that we are ALL students in some sense. Now is a great time to reflect on
your state of mind. If you have been focusing on yucky stuff lately,
perhaps it is time to change your major! Stop for just a moment and grab a
scrap piece of paper. Jot down three things that are AWESOME about your
life. Think about them for a bit before you proceed with your week.
And Peace to you!
Paul
Total Number of Current Subscribers: 1474
Welcome to new subscribers from:
WSFSA: Wisconsin School Food Service Association
TCC: Tulsa Community College
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The rainbow is more beautiful than the pot at the end of it, because the rainbow is now.
The pot comes later and never turns out to be quite what you expect.
Original Source: Hugh Prather
Submitted by: Nick Papandria
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Oath:
I will keep an open mind.
I will not allow college to have been the best years of my life.
I will smell the roses.
I will not wait until tomorrow.
I will not graduate only to become what I despise.
I will not go quietly.
I will talk to him/her.
I will remember that "this too shall pass."
I will squeeze the most out of this life.
I will not be a victim.
I will keep things in perspective.
I will do what you think I can't do.
I will live today.
Original Source: unknown
Submitted by: Martha Schmitt
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
While many Ripples subscribers are on an "academic calendar" and thus
preparing to start another year, I thought the rest of us needed a reminder
that we are ALL students in some sense. Now is a great time to reflect on
your state of mind. If you have been focusing on yucky stuff lately,
perhaps it is time to change your major! Stop for just a moment and grab a
scrap piece of paper. Jot down three things that are AWESOME about your
life. Think about them for a bit before you proceed with your week.
And Peace to you!
Paul
Monday, August 9, 1999
Ripples v1.30: Ripples of YOU!
Ripples, version 1.30 [8/9/99] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
To be yourself, in a world that tries, night and day, to make you just
like everybody else - is to fight the greatest battle there ever is to
fight, and never stop fighting.
Original Source: e.e. cummings
Submitted by: James L. Cissell
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightening about shrinking
so that others won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And, as we let our light shine,
we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
Original Source: Marianne Williamson, Return to Love
Submitted by: John H. Ainslie & Haley Helgeson
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It was last year at about this time that I really started kicking around an
idea to create a weekly email newsletter. The original intent was a
marketing piece that would remind people to bring me to their organization!
It wasn't until January that Ripples was finally ready to begin circulation
and by then it had changed its focus. 60 people received Ripples v1.01
despite some technical difficulties that had not been worked out. And
thirty weeks later this issue will land upon the computers of 1436 readers
who are FABULOUS at submitting poems, quotes and warm fuzzies every week.
Initially, several colleagues warned me that this might be a time
commitment that would be difficult to maintain during the peaks and valleys
of my schedule. Instead, it has become a ritual that I enjoy almost as
much as giving a workshop or delivering a keynote address. Every Sunday
night and Monday morning, I am reading through your many wonderful
submissions to choose a pebble and a boulder. I also get to reflect upon
my week as I develop a piece for this section.
As I prepare to launch into an exciting round of speeches, and workshops,
will you please take a moment to accept my THANKS for being a part of
Ripples that just keep on flowing!
Enjoy today!
Paul
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
To be yourself, in a world that tries, night and day, to make you just
like everybody else - is to fight the greatest battle there ever is to
fight, and never stop fighting.
Original Source: e.e. cummings
Submitted by: James L. Cissell
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightening about shrinking
so that others won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And, as we let our light shine,
we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
Original Source: Marianne Williamson, Return to Love
Submitted by: John H. Ainslie & Haley Helgeson
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It was last year at about this time that I really started kicking around an
idea to create a weekly email newsletter. The original intent was a
marketing piece that would remind people to bring me to their organization!
It wasn't until January that Ripples was finally ready to begin circulation
and by then it had changed its focus. 60 people received Ripples v1.01
despite some technical difficulties that had not been worked out. And
thirty weeks later this issue will land upon the computers of 1436 readers
who are FABULOUS at submitting poems, quotes and warm fuzzies every week.
Initially, several colleagues warned me that this might be a time
commitment that would be difficult to maintain during the peaks and valleys
of my schedule. Instead, it has become a ritual that I enjoy almost as
much as giving a workshop or delivering a keynote address. Every Sunday
night and Monday morning, I am reading through your many wonderful
submissions to choose a pebble and a boulder. I also get to reflect upon
my week as I develop a piece for this section.
As I prepare to launch into an exciting round of speeches, and workshops,
will you please take a moment to accept my THANKS for being a part of
Ripples that just keep on flowing!
Enjoy today!
Paul
Monday, August 2, 1999
Ripples v1.29: Ripples of Magic
Ripples, version 1.29 [8/2/99] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Original Source: The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Submitted by: Kristi Sherrard
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
We all start out knowing magic.
We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us.
We are born able to sing to birds and
read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand.
But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls.
We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out.
We get put on the straight and narrow and told to be responsible.
Told to grow up, for God's sake.
And you know why we were told that?
Because the people doing the telling
were afraid of our wildness and youth,
and because the magic we knew
made them ashamed
of what they'd allowed
to whither
in themselves.
Original Source: Robert R. McCammon
Submitted by: Robin Gunning
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
You are different than everyone else. YOU ARE DIFFERENT, and you are
living in a society that does not handle difference very well.
But deep down, every individual on this earth knows that in order to be
truly unique, truly special, every other individual on this planet has to
be different also.
That excites us, and it terrifies us.
So take off your mask this week. Show everyone in your path how AMAZINGLY
different and special you are. Anticipate that many people will celebrate
you, and be prepared that some people will ridicule you. And remember that
when they do, they are simply showing you how afraid they are of their own
uniqueness.
Peace to you,
Paul
P.S. Keep those ripples submissions coming!
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Original Source: The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Submitted by: Kristi Sherrard
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
We all start out knowing magic.
We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us.
We are born able to sing to birds and
read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand.
But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls.
We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out.
We get put on the straight and narrow and told to be responsible.
Told to grow up, for God's sake.
And you know why we were told that?
Because the people doing the telling
were afraid of our wildness and youth,
and because the magic we knew
made them ashamed
of what they'd allowed
to whither
in themselves.
Original Source: Robert R. McCammon
Submitted by: Robin Gunning
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
You are different than everyone else. YOU ARE DIFFERENT, and you are
living in a society that does not handle difference very well.
But deep down, every individual on this earth knows that in order to be
truly unique, truly special, every other individual on this planet has to
be different also.
That excites us, and it terrifies us.
So take off your mask this week. Show everyone in your path how AMAZINGLY
different and special you are. Anticipate that many people will celebrate
you, and be prepared that some people will ridicule you. And remember that
when they do, they are simply showing you how afraid they are of their own
uniqueness.
Peace to you,
Paul
P.S. Keep those ripples submissions coming!
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