Ripples: a free weekly dose of inspiration
version 1.41 [Monday, October 25, 1999] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
original source: Thomas Paine
submitted by Cathie Marty
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Others determine your reputation.
YOU determine your character.
Character is made by what you stand for,
Reputation by what you fall for.
Character is one of those qualities that takes time to develop.
It is easier to change your behavior in advance
than to change your reputation afterward."
original source unknown
submitted by: Manny LapMan Woo
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Stone Soup kept me busy this week with some leadership training in Green
Bay, Wisconsin (where EVERYTHING is Packer Green!) and Cincinnati, Ohio.
During both trips, I enjoyed meaty conversations with workshop participants
about the importance of strong character in leadership.
It is fairly easy (and common) for a leader to make decisions based on
"majority rule." While democracies often use this decision making tool, we
often forget that while the majority may RULE, the majority is not always
RIGHT. It takes a combination of guts and confidence to hold firm to your
beliefs when they are not popular.
If you have checked the facts, checked your conscience, and checked your
values, then you have an obligation to yourself and the world to stand
strong until we see it YOUR way!
Stay strong! -ptw
Monday, October 25, 1999
Monday, October 18, 1999
Ripples v1.40: Ripples of ACTION
Ripples: a free weekly dose of inspiration
version 1.40 [Monday, October 18, 1999] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
You can't make footprints in the sands of time
if you are sitting on your butt.
And who wants to make buttprints in the sands of time?
original source: Bob Moawad, submitted by Jennifer Henning
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out how the strong man tumbled,
or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,
who strives valiently,
who errs and comes up short again and again,
who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions
and spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
original source: Teddy Roosevelt, submitted by Warren Weasler
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I just finished a spectacular weekend in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with a
hundred of that state's best resident assistants. While many of the
sessions were designed to provide information and increase the
participants' skill base, the most valuable component of the event I saw
was FUN. Pure, clean, loud, rambunctious FUN.
These compassionate helpers, like so many other professionals, often give
their time and energy to help others with minimal compensation. The key to
maintaining their sanity is to find time for FUN.
What can you do for FUN today? Read the comics, laugh with a friend, see a
movie, tell a joke, watch kids at the playground.....and enjoy it!
version 1.40 [Monday, October 18, 1999] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
You can't make footprints in the sands of time
if you are sitting on your butt.
And who wants to make buttprints in the sands of time?
original source: Bob Moawad, submitted by Jennifer Henning
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out how the strong man tumbled,
or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,
who strives valiently,
who errs and comes up short again and again,
who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions
and spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
original source: Teddy Roosevelt, submitted by Warren Weasler
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I just finished a spectacular weekend in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with a
hundred of that state's best resident assistants. While many of the
sessions were designed to provide information and increase the
participants' skill base, the most valuable component of the event I saw
was FUN. Pure, clean, loud, rambunctious FUN.
These compassionate helpers, like so many other professionals, often give
their time and energy to help others with minimal compensation. The key to
maintaining their sanity is to find time for FUN.
What can you do for FUN today? Read the comics, laugh with a friend, see a
movie, tell a joke, watch kids at the playground.....and enjoy it!
Monday, October 4, 1999
Ripples v1.38: Ripples of Corn?
Ripples, version 1.38 [10/4/99] ©1999 Stone Soup Seminars
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
You have not lived a perfect day
unless you have done something for someone
who will never be able to repay you.
original source unknown, submitted by Trina Heinz
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
James Bender, in his book, How to Talk Well (New York: McGraw-Hill
Book Company, Inc. 1994), relates the story of a farmer who grew
award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where
it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and
learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter
discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.
"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors
when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?", the
reporter asked.
"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up
pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my
neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the
quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors
grow good corn."
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot
improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.
So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must
help their neighbors be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help
others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it
touches.
And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness,
for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all. The lesson
for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our
neighbors grow good corn.
submitted by Deborah Schreiner
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
We are sometimes so afraid to share our gifts because we are afraid that
someone will steal them or copy them or outdo them. I have news for you:
they are not really your gifts anyway! If you try to hide them away, they
will dry up and whither away. It is only when you give them freely that
they are allowed to mature into even greater gifts with even greater
rewards for you and the world.
Share your gifts this week. Give freely. It all comes back to you!
-ptw
PEBBLE ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
You have not lived a perfect day
unless you have done something for someone
who will never be able to repay you.
original source unknown, submitted by Trina Heinz
BOULDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
James Bender, in his book, How to Talk Well (New York: McGraw-Hill
Book Company, Inc. 1994), relates the story of a farmer who grew
award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where
it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and
learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter
discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.
"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors
when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?", the
reporter asked.
"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up
pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my
neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the
quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors
grow good corn."
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot
improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.
So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must
help their neighbors be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help
others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it
touches.
And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness,
for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all. The lesson
for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our
neighbors grow good corn.
submitted by Deborah Schreiner
PONDER ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
We are sometimes so afraid to share our gifts because we are afraid that
someone will steal them or copy them or outdo them. I have news for you:
they are not really your gifts anyway! If you try to hide them away, they
will dry up and whither away. It is only when you give them freely that
they are allowed to mature into even greater gifts with even greater
rewards for you and the world.
Share your gifts this week. Give freely. It all comes back to you!
-ptw
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