The Daily Ripple

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”~Viktor Frankl~ Nobody hands you meaning. You make it. Frankl figured this out the hard way — surviving concentration camps, watching everything stripped away except one thing nobody could touch: his ability to choose what any of it meant to him. You’ve got that same freedom, minus…

“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”~Nelson Mandela~ Nobody’s waiting on the right moment. There isn’t one. The time to call your mom, the time to make things right with somebody, the time to finally start the thing you keep putting off — it’s not…

“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,…

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”~Lao Tzu~ Ollie doesn’t size up the other dogs at the river. Big dog, small dog, fast dog, slow dog — doesn’t matter to him. He just runs, tail going, completely himself, no comparing, no competing. And every dog…

“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.”~Florence Scovel Shinn~ Everything you throw out there comes back around. Kindness, complaints, grudges, good energy — doesn’t matter what it is, it’s making a loop and heading back toward you eventually. So…