The Daily Ripple
The Daily Ripple
| “Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles; it empties today of its strengths.” ~Corrie ten Boom~ Worry feels productive. It doesn’t look like it’s doing nothing — it’s planning, preparing, bracing. But all it’s actually doing is draining the tank you need for right now. Tomorrow’s going to show up whether you worried about it or not. Might as well show up strong. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day Save your strength for the day you’re actually in. |
“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”~Thich Nhat Hanh~ The calm you find in the morning doesn’t have to stay in the morning. The Dude is working on that one in real time — trying to carry it into the traffic, the noise, whatever Friday throws at him. It’s a work in progress. But it’s worth the…
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”~ John Muir ~ Look at a river long enough and you start to see it. Every tributary feeds the next one. Every stream finds its way to something bigger. Nothing out there is doing it alone……
“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”~ Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi ~ How many times did you say yes today before your feet hit the floor? Accept all cookies. Agree to terms. Yes, I’m still watching. Most of those yeses weren’t…
“We’re on a mission from God.”~ Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers ~ The mission is not impossible. It’s simple. Trust God. Clean house. Help others. Written on a prescription pad in 1937 by R. H. Smith, M.D., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayKeep the mission simple.
“It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.”~ Senator John McCain ~ Today we pause. Twenty-five years ago, everything changed in a single morning. Nearly 3,000 lives lost. Countless more forever altered. We remember them… A moment of silence and reflection …never forget. The…
“Opportunity doesn’t always arrive looking inspiring. Sometimes it arrives disguised as the thing you would have avoided if you had been given the choice.”~Slim Sammy~ Nobody signs up for the hard version. You want the opportunity that shows up looking like a gift — easy, obvious, exciting. Instead it shows up looking like a delay,…