Ripples v8.22: Ripples of INVENTING YOU!

Ripples v8.22: Ripples of INVENTING YOU!
5/30/06: your FREE weekly splash from Paul & The Ripples Project

=o=o=o=o=o=o=o= PEBBLE =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o

If you didn't exist, would someone invent you?
-source unknown, submitted by Linda H., Pewaukee WI

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The truth is that our finest moments
are most likely to occur when
we are feeling deeply uncomfortable,
unhappy, or unfulfilled.

For it is only in such moments,
propelled by our discomfort,
that we are likely to step out of our ruts and
start searching for different ways or truer answers.
-source unknown, submitted by Anne C-W, Wisconsin

=o=o=o=o=o=o=o= PONDER =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o

First of all, I need to shout I AM SORRY to all of our subscribers and even more importantly last week's "unsubscribes."  We recently upgraded our web-based software that is used to send out Ripples, and have encountered a few problems. The most troublesome glitch was that the unsubscribe links did not work in last week's issue. I believe they are fixed in this issue, but if you have ANY troubles unsubscribing please let me know and I will manually remove your email address from our database with my deepest apologies.

Secondly, I am hoping you can take some small or big steps this week in the process of INVENTING YOU. Start by thinking about how a friend or colleague might describe you to someone who asked "Can you tell me about that person over there?" What quality or attribute do you hope they include in their description? Perhaps there is something you can do to enhance that quality further? Another strategy would be to ponder what you hope they might say next year at this time that would not be included in a current description.....and then take some action this week to work on that invention!

Peace,
Paul