The Daily Ripple
The Daily Ripple
| “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon~ The river doesn’t wait. The heron lifted off the bank three seconds ago. The light hit the water in a way it won’t again today. Your kid just looked over to see if you were watching. Were you? Eyes up, friend. The good stuff isn’t in the feed. It’s right in front of you. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day Today, put it down for one hour. Just one. See what you notice. |
“Grace is giving people more than they deserve, because someone did the same for you.”~Unknown~ Somebody’s gonna mess up right in front of you today. Say the wrong thing. Forget something. Drop the ball. You get to decide what happens next. The natural reaction is to criticize or judge their behavior. But haven’t we been…
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”~Will Rogers~ Simple as it sounds. Yesterday had its moments — good and bad. But it’s done. The clock didn’t ask your permission to move forward, and neither did today. Whatever you’re carrying from yesterday, set it down at the door. Today’s got enough going on without…
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”~Theodore Roosevelt~ Meet Tink. You don’t hear him coming. That’s kind of the whole thing with Tink. He’s not the loudest one in the room, not the one making sure everyone knows what he just did. He just shows up, does the work, and by the time you look…
“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.
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”~ Oprah Winfrey ~ We forget to do it. Not the automatic kind — the real kind. The slow, deep, intentional breath that brings you back to right now. Good news or bad news. A big…
“You ever look up from your phone and go — oh right, the sky’s been doing that this whole time?”~The Dude~ It’s been out there the whole time, not asking for a single like. We get so deep in the scroll we forget there’s an actual world running in the background — no notifications, no…