Throw Your Own Stone!

A friend said to me the other day that she'd been thinking about the ripple and she wanted to ask me, "Do you think the ripple just keeps on going?"  I said "I do. I believe that initial action sets several other actions in motion.  From those several others, multiple actions occur. They go on forever."  She said that she thinks her ripples have just stopped! After we cracked up about that, I told her, "Then throw something into the pond and start a new ripple all your own!  See what happens!"

So much of the ripple effect, as I interpret it, is in the 'letting go'. However, this doesn't mean that you have no control over what happens to you.  If you are in a place that doesn't fulfill you, makes no sense, is painful or sad, or you're in some kind of danger, by all means, toss something into the water and get your own ripples started, now!

Not only can this result in a lot of positive things coming your way, it also can stop negativity cold.  If you start your own ripple, and reap positive rewards, you see and feel immediate changes. That in itself begets more ripples.  For you and everyone around you.

It's easy to get comfortable in your dissatisfaction.  Excuses are always readily available.  Without a doubt, there are often things that are simply beyond your control.  But when you find the things you can control and you shift your thoughts, feelings and focus toward those things, you are the beginner of the ripple. You feel empowered, which encourages you to create more ripples. You head out to the world with a new clarity.  When you interact with others, wearing this renewed sense of purpose, the ripples glide over those people, combine with theirs and, as that old commercial says, "It just keeps going and going and going....."  It has to begin somewhere.  Why not with you?

Grab a stone! Chuck it into the pond! See what ripples you can set into motion, not just for yourself, but for all those you meet.

Thanks Hillary!  xo