Picking Up the Pebbles (A Post-Splash Reflection)

Less Splash, More Soul

Sometimes you hit publish and feel the glow.
Other times, you look back and go, “Oops. That was a bit much.”

My last post—pebbles, ponds, ripples, the whole splashy metaphor parade—tried to do too much. I dumped a bag of ideas into the water and watched them sink, a little tangled. It wasn’t awful. Just… loud.

I meant to write something reflective. Instead, I ended up in full-on teacher mode—quotes, frameworks, metaphors everywhere. And honestly, it didn’t even sound like me.

Wendell Berry says we should create something that doesn’t disturb the silence it came from.
I forgot that for a minute.

So here I am, back at the pond, picking up some of the litter I left behind—and laughing at myself a little.

If you’re still wondering how to improve a community, I think it’s simpler than I made it:

We show up.
We pitch in.
We love the ones we’re with.
We try to leave things a little better than we found them.

That’s what I want this WordPress corner to be. Not a podium. Just a place to sit down, tell some stories, and walk alongside anyone who stops by.

Thanks for your grace as I figure it out.