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The Ripple: The Reminder
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Wednesday, May 23, 2012. We're going about it all wrong. What is the reminder? The reminder tells you to be patient. To set your struggles aside for just a little bit and look around you. What can you see? Don't freak out when the painting isn't just right! Don't stress when the words just won't form brilliant paragraphs! Take the reminder.and rest. Take a walk. Take a nap. Wat...The b...
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The Ripple: Spring CleaRing
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Monday, March 26, 2012. Some of us may be feeling it more than others, but the notion that the season has changed is sometimes enough to change your whole outlook. If you haven't yet felt the weather effects, tap into the things you can do to nurture that Spring feeling within. Start something new. Spring brings to me a feeling that something fresh is just around the corner. I ...Just ...
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The Ripple: August 2011
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Wednesday, August 31, 2011. When we humans are born, we take. Take take take! And certainly the teen years are defined by taking. It's the time when we are trying on all kinds of hats to see what we're actually made of. Because of that self-absorbed process, we are rarely thinking much about giving. If you've given in the past, there are Givers around you who are more than willing to g...
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The Ripple: March 2012
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Monday, March 26, 2012. Some of us may be feeling it more than others, but the notion that the season has changed is sometimes enough to change your whole outlook. If you haven't yet felt the weather effects, tap into the things you can do to nurture that Spring feeling within. Start something new. Spring brings to me a feeling that something fresh is just around the corner. I ...Just ...
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The Ripple: Judgement
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Wednesday, January 30, 2013. My choice is what I choose to do. And if I'm causin' no harm, it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be. And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me.". No, I certainly don't think waking from this dream will find me being less judged by this person. They are on their page, and I am on mine, as it should be. Instead,...In us...
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The Ripple: January 2013
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Wednesday, January 30, 2013. My choice is what I choose to do. And if I'm causin' no harm, it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be. And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me.". No, I certainly don't think waking from this dream will find me being less judged by this person. They are on their page, and I am on mine, as it should be. Instead,...In us...
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The Ripple: January 2012
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Monday, January 30, 2012. The Student was Ready. When my husband Rick talks about the beginning of his career, he often presents a wonderful quote. It's a Buddhist proverb that says, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.". You know how in movies when a person achieves a goal or makes a profound discovery and the soundtrack may play a Hallelujah chorus? Fast forward awhil...
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The Ripple: September 2011
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Monday, September 12, 2011. Earlier this summer, a new creative ripple began for me. It has turned out to be wide-spread and far-reaching. Although some of you have seen the fruits of my new creative bursts, I'd like to share with you exactly how this particular ripple began. The few dolls and creatures I saw had lit my imagination on fire. Creativity is such a random thing! The dolls ...
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The Ripple: Compassion
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Friday, June 29, 2012. What comes to mind when you think of the word compassion? I checked the dictionary and, according to Webster, compassion means deep sympathy. We have seen what our fellow man is experiencing and, to a lesser degree, we feel it ourselves. We are compassionate. Next at the meeting we were asked if we were just as compassionate with ourselves. Our leader really got ...
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The Ripple: Awareness
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Thoughts on the effect of our actions on everyone and everything around us. Are you creating a positive ripple everyday? Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Hugging Trees- Avon, CT. Who knows when it is in the growing-up process that we become aware of exactly what it is we're aiming at. We've been children and then teens, being cared for, instructed, guided and told what to do. When does that shift occur? So I propose this.awareness instruction should begin early, early, early! Fatten the observation skills!
