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. |
“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…
“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.”~ Proverbs 12:1 (NIV) ~ Yep. That’s in the Bible. It really says stupid. Not everybody grew up with that book, and that’s fine. But it’s out there, and every now and then we stumble across a line that makes us want to dig a…
“Sometimes love is not in the echo — it’s in the anchor.”~Marcus Viveiro~ Without Mama, the raft would have sunk long ago. She didn’t make a big announcement about it. Didn’t need the credit. She just showed up — quietly, steadily — and kept the whole thing afloat when The Dude couldn’t always suit up…
“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,…
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.”~ Henry David Thoreau ~ Dreams are rest stops on this long trip — a chance to catch your breath and see how far you’ve come before you decide where you’re headed next. Thoreau’s not talking about waiting around for things to line…
“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”~ Helen Keller, Optimism (1903) ~ Some changes show up with a bang. A loss. A wake-up call. The day everything turns over. Those are the mighty shoves. But…