Megan Murphy - A Pebble for Your Thoughts: How One Kindness Rock at the Right Moment Can Change Your Life

Praise for A Pebble for Your Thoughts

Small acts of kindness are one of the few things every person is capable ofregardless of age, geography, socioeconomic status, education, or occupationit just takes intention. Teaching our children about their power to create positive ripples of hope every day and wherever they find themselves, and the cumulative impact of all those small acts of kindness is one of the most powerful lessons we can impart to our children.

Molly Yuska, Founder of Project G iving Kids

Kindness is the great healer that lives inside of you. No matter what hardships you facegrief, anger, frustration, or despairthere is a part of you that is your own best friend, even if you have felt estranged from yourself for years. Welcome yourself back home, knowing that self-compassion is your birthright and your greatest resource. Offering yourself kindness is how you bear the unbearable, how you begin to heal yourself, and how you become a beacon of hope to other people in need. All you have to do is show y ou care.

Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT, author of Mindfulne ss & Grief

This idea is so right on so many levels. The tactile reminder of thoughts to enrich our lives. The unlimitedness of rocks similar to the abundant ways we can be more compassionate. And, I love its double message: physical rocks with meaningful messages, and, the fact that kindness truly do es rock.

Allen Klein, author of The Art of Livin g Joyfully

Maybe the thing I love most of all is how these sweet rocks give people hope, sometimes when they need it the most: cancer patients, people who lost a loved one, someone suffering from depression and anxiety and those who feel lost and alone. This book will inspire you to make a difference in t he world.

Becca Anderson, author of Real Life Mindfulness and Badass Af firmations

When you begin to focus on extending kindness toward others, youll feel more kindness coming toward you. Every Kindness Rock creates a ripple of love and kindheartedness, spreading a positive message out into the world. Megan Murphys marvelous book will not only teach you how to make these remarkable rocks but, more importantly, why you should create kindness rocks. What a wonderful way to share yo ur heart!

Susyn Reeve, author of Heart Healing and The Ins pired Life

Megan Murphy actively makes the world a more loving, and less painful place. Her story and kindness rocks teach us that through helping others, we can find healing within o urselves.

Kate Allan, author of You Can Do All Things

As a prayer artist, I see each of these Kindness Rocks as a prayer. This book is a wonder and The Kindness Rocks Project is making the world a better place. Brava, Megan Murphy for this inspir ed idea!

Janet Conner, author of Writing Down Your Soul

We are here to love 24/7 and kindness rocks spreads that in such a special way. The heart connections created by A Pebble For Your Thoughts and this important movement can help heal the world and bring more caring compassion between people, which is much nee ded now.

Judy Ford, author of Ever y Day Love

A Pebble for Your Thoughts

How One Kindness Rock At the Right Moment Can Change Your Life

Megan Murphy

Mango Publishing
Coral Gables

Copyright 2018 Megan Murphy.

Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.

Cover & Layout Design: Roberto Nez

Cover Photo: Denise Barker Photography

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A Pebble for Your Thoughts: One Message at Just the Right Moment Can Change Someones Entire Day, Outlook, Life!

*The messages on the rocks pictured in this book are written in shorthand so may contain grammatical, spelling, or punctuation inconsistencies.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication number: 2018960037

ISBN: (print) 978-1-63353-950-1, (ebook) 978-1-63353-951-8

BISAC category code: SEL004000 SELF-HELP / Affirmations

Printed in the United States of America

Table o f Contents

One Moment Can Change a Day, One Day Can Change a Life,
and One Life Can Change the World.

No One Saves Us but Ourselves. No One Can and No One May.
We Ourselves Must Walk the Path.

The Things That Excite You Are Not Random. They Are Connected to Your Purpose.
Follow Them.

The Greatness of a Man Is Not How Much Wealth He Acquires
But in His Integrity and His Ability to Affect Those around Him Positively.

Foreword

Kindness is love made visible and that is exactly what these beautiful kindness rocks do. Even more so, they make kindness tangible. You can hold a kindness rock in your hand and keep it somewhere to be a daily reminder that there is a lot of good in the world. You can also leave it somewhere for somebody to find; somebody who might be hurting or grieving, struggling with illness, loss or great difficulty. Finding this message in the form of a kindness rock can uplift, offer cheer, healing, and make all the difference in someones life. We have never needed kindness more than now. Megan Murphy and The Kindness Rocks Project are doing the very vital work of inspiring us and reminding of us of the better angels of our nature. Now, take up take up your paint brushes and join the kindness rocks r evolution!

Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

Introduction

As I stumble through this life,
help me create more laughter t han tears,
dispense more happiness t han gloom,
spread more cheer tha n despair.

Never let me become so in different,
that I will fail to see the wonders in the eyes of the child.
Or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged.

Never let me forget that my total effort is to che er people,
make them feel happy, and forget mo mentarily,
all the unpleasantness in th eir lives.

And in my fin al moment,
may I hear yo u whisper:
When you made my peo ple smile,
you made me smile.

The Clowns Prayer, Auth or Unknown

How it all began

What started as the simple hobby of one, has now turned into an international grassroots kindness movement of many. Now, more than ever, people are longing for kindness and connection. During these uncertain times, we are inundated with daily news reports that focus on unsettling events and these images evoke a sense of fear and unease. I personally became affected by this when I began each day bombarded with negativity while watching the morning news, which I subconsciously carried with me throughout the day. As a result, I grew increasingly more pessimistic and apprehensive of others.

That is when I made the conscious decision to turn off the morning news and substitute it with daily morning walks on the beach. My outlook began to change almost immediately, and I discovered my yearning for inner peace. That is where my journey began and where The Kindness Rocks Project was born. I wanted to share my newfound positive outlook with others. I dared to dream that maybe, just maybe, I could make a difference and inspire others to do the same.