Spreading Ripples: A Book List

Reading is one of the constant and indulgent joys of my life. My love of reading began with the Enid Blyton storybooks a family friend gifted to me when I was smaller than six and which I still have, my name carefully written in my child's hand, on the inside covers of many. (I have shared the adventures of all those at the top of the Magic Faraway Tree with my beautiful boy and would still dearly love to try an exploding toffee shock!)  There was always a book tucked up with me in bed when I was young and now I always have a tall pile of them, teetering on near collapse, on my bedside table. I borrow many from my local library and there are some I have bought and kept over the years that I treasure and visit with time and again, like old friends!

A little book filled with inspiration!

One such book, that has lived on my study bookshelf for many years and which I return to from time to time when I feel a little overwhelmed by the challenges facing our world, and what I can do about them, is this one. Written by the inspiring and optimistic Tony Ryan, The Ripple Effect:  How You Can Make A Difference to the World Every Day is only a little book but it is filled with examples of the way in which positive ripples can be created and how they can spread out to bring about change and hope. In this book's preface, Tony has written:

"All of the little things you do in every moment of your life can ripple out to create endless changes in the lives of others ... one of your tiny actions this very day could ripple out and make a positive change to the world."

So, in the spirit of spreading ripples and weaving in with this post I did earlier in the week, on the changes we've made to try and live more sustainably here, I have added a page at the top of my blog with a list of books, poems and a film or two that are filled with words and hope for nature, our Earth... and us! I have read (or viewed) all of them and they have all inspired me in one way or another. Many live here with me on my bookshelf. Perhaps you might enjoy a few, or all, of them too!

I hope you have a lovely weekend. Perhaps you'll have time to read a little or to intentionally create a happy and hopeful ripple ❤

Meg

p.s. Please feel free to comment with the titles & authors of books you have read, or documentaries and films that you've seen, that you have loved and that you think inspire hope for nature, our world and us.