Ripples #601: Tracks!
For our tribe of 27,154 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 29, 2010
PEBBLE:
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
-Native American Proverb, submitted by Rebecca, Chicago IL
BOULDER:
What you leave behind
is not what is
engraved in monuments,
but what is woven
into the lives of others.
-Pericles, submitted by Ryan, Ashland WI
PONDER:
In a few weeks, I will challenge you to think about how you would like to
shape the upcoming year for yourself and those around you. It might help to
spend some time this week pondering what tracks you have left over the past
year. Recognize the times you were at your most effective in work, school,
relationships, and life; and also think about when you were less effective.
Celebrate the good stuff, and remember that 2011 could provide some new
opportunities to lay some new tracks!
Peace,
Paul
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Ripples #600: Giving Thanks!
Ripples #600: Giving Thanks!
For our tribe of 27,199 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 22, 2010
PEBBLE:
Not what we say about our blessings,
but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
-W.T. Purkiser, submitted by Janet, Milwaukee WI
BOULDER:
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today and
creates a vision for tomorrow.
-Melody Beattie
PONDER:
There is something even more delicious and satisfying than the feast many
of us in the U.S. will devour in a few days: the yummy taste of gratitude.
Please take a moment before the craziness sets in to tell someone who
doesn't know that you are grateful for them.
And just in case YOU don't know, I am deeply grateful for the many fellow
Ripplers who have shared quotes, kind words, and even recruited more Ripples
over the past 12 years.
Peace,
Paul
For our tribe of 27,199 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 22, 2010
PEBBLE:
Not what we say about our blessings,
but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
-W.T. Purkiser, submitted by Janet, Milwaukee WI
BOULDER:
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today and
creates a vision for tomorrow.
-Melody Beattie
PONDER:
There is something even more delicious and satisfying than the feast many
of us in the U.S. will devour in a few days: the yummy taste of gratitude.
Please take a moment before the craziness sets in to tell someone who
doesn't know that you are grateful for them.
And just in case YOU don't know, I am deeply grateful for the many fellow
Ripplers who have shared quotes, kind words, and even recruited more Ripples
over the past 12 years.
Peace,
Paul
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ripples #599: Cultivating Knowledge!
Ripples #599: Cultivating Knowledge!
For our tribe of 27,158 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 15, 2010
PEBBLE:
Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated it can not be
harvested.
-African Proverb, submitted by Kalea, Chico CA
BOULDER:
Students must be convinced that changing one's mind in light of the
evidence is not weakness: Changing one's mind is the essence of intellectual
growth. ...If we can create environments in which [children] can safely have
small epiphanies in the light of evidence, they will be motivated to share
those lessons.
-Thomas W. Martin, submitted by Terry, Franklin WI
PONDER:
We have more information available to us than ever before. Sometimes,
however, we filter out the information that challenges what we believe and
"know" because it is easier to focus on the information that is congruent
with our current world view. We like saying, "See, I'm right!" even if
there is significant evidence to the contrary.
Perhaps you can keep your eyes and ears open this week for a new way of
"knowing" something, and seek the courage to seriously consider whether it
is time to plow under the "old way" and let it be fertilizer for the new.
[Of course I am not suggesting you toss out everything. Just ponder the
last year to ensure you have shifted at least one way you think, feel, or
"know" something.]
Peace,
Paul
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For our tribe of 27,158 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 15, 2010
PEBBLE:
Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated it can not be
harvested.
-African Proverb, submitted by Kalea, Chico CA
BOULDER:
Students must be convinced that changing one's mind in light of the
evidence is not weakness: Changing one's mind is the essence of intellectual
growth. ...If we can create environments in which [children] can safely have
small epiphanies in the light of evidence, they will be motivated to share
those lessons.
-Thomas W. Martin, submitted by Terry, Franklin WI
PONDER:
We have more information available to us than ever before. Sometimes,
however, we filter out the information that challenges what we believe and
"know" because it is easier to focus on the information that is congruent
with our current world view. We like saying, "See, I'm right!" even if
there is significant evidence to the contrary.
Perhaps you can keep your eyes and ears open this week for a new way of
"knowing" something, and seek the courage to seriously consider whether it
is time to plow under the "old way" and let it be fertilizer for the new.
[Of course I am not suggesting you toss out everything. Just ponder the
last year to ensure you have shifted at least one way you think, feel, or
"know" something.]
Peace,
Paul
*****
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Ripples #598: Do What You Do!
Ripples #598: Do What You Do!
For our tribe of 27,024 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 8, 2010
PEBBLE:
Be aware of what is in you.
Announce it, pronounce it,
produce it and give birth to it.
-Meister Eckhart, submitted by Terry, Oak Creek WI
BOULDER:
.....If we truly believe
in what we are doing,
we can move mountains,
we can change the world...
So, do what you do, whatever it is...
because without you,
who is going to make the signs,
or write the book,
or hug those who need it most?
-Ben Broadbent, submitted by Jill, Plymouth NH
PONDER:
As we inch toward the end of the year, you may feel like you are running
out of steam and overwhelmed with all the STUFF that needs to get done
before the holiday craziness begins.
This might be a good week to take a deep breath, find a few minutes to
relax and reflect on what you hope to accomplish in the remaining few weeks
of 2010, and then jump in with both feet to DO WHAT YOU DO!
Peace,
Paul
For our tribe of 27,024 busy people who share encouragement and gratitude.
Nov 8, 2010
PEBBLE:
Be aware of what is in you.
Announce it, pronounce it,
produce it and give birth to it.
-Meister Eckhart, submitted by Terry, Oak Creek WI
BOULDER:
.....If we truly believe
in what we are doing,
we can move mountains,
we can change the world...
So, do what you do, whatever it is...
because without you,
who is going to make the signs,
or write the book,
or hug those who need it most?
-Ben Broadbent, submitted by Jill, Plymouth NH
PONDER:
As we inch toward the end of the year, you may feel like you are running
out of steam and overwhelmed with all the STUFF that needs to get done
before the holiday craziness begins.
This might be a good week to take a deep breath, find a few minutes to
relax and reflect on what you hope to accomplish in the remaining few weeks
of 2010, and then jump in with both feet to DO WHAT YOU DO!
Peace,
Paul
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