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Ripples


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Ripples reach out to touch the next point of
contact and reaction.
Sometimes the ripples are distracted or delayed by rocks and fallen tree branches,
but in the end... the ripples never stop moving.
One leads to the other, unique in it's own way
and creating an atmosphere of promise and change.

Change sometimes frightens or sets us off balance.
Change has a way of making us ask the big questions, that without it we would become settled in the familiarity of life's comforts.
We might forget the ripples if we become to wrapped up in comforts embrace.

Wake up.
Drip, ripple, flutter, change.
Drop, react, shudder, and wave.

Ask the big questions.
Made the ripples of life
and you just might change the world
with ripples.

T.L. Eastman 2009
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Mel said…
we would become settled in the familiarity of life's comforts.

Oh boy....how true.
And purple ripples.....LOL

Perfect!
6:59 AM EST
Tara Lamont said…
I thought you would love the purple ripples...
7:11 AM EST
Unknown said…
Awesome. I love the science-related metaphor...
10:11 PM EST
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