The Daily Ripple
The Daily Ripple
| “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” ~ Socrates ~ I call my higher power God. Good Orderly Direction. That’s my term. That’s what works for me. Whatever you call yours — sub it in. Adonai, Allah, Buddha, Creator, Father, Higher Power, Jesus Christ, The Universe — it doesn’t matter to me. What matters is that you have one. The river has no dress code. No password. No right answer. Just show up. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day Whatever you call your power…it’s yours. |
“The only keeper of your happiness is you. Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth and your attitude.”~ Mandy Hale ~ Every angler knows the drill…you feel the hit…you reel it in…you look it over…and you decide…keeper…or back in the water. Funny thing is, most of us never run that same…
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”~Maya Angelou~ Some days you’re on fire — ideas flying, connections popping, everything clicking. Other days you can’t seem to get anything done and you wonder what’s wrong with you. Nothing’s wrong with you. You have two gears. Ideation mode and execute mode….
“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.
“Be gentle with yourself. You are doing the best you can with what you have today.”~ Unknown ~ Some days go the way you planned. Some days don’t. Today might’ve been one of the ones that didn’t — and that’s not a failure, that’s just a day. You don’t have to have it figured out…
“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…
“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……