Making Ripples

By Mike Breaux

Mike Breaux doesn’t do life halfway—maybe that’s why he thinks a "cannonball” is the only suitable entry into a swimming pool. “Deep down, I think all of us sense we were put on this planet to do something significant—to touch someone’s life; to do some good.” Again and again, he’s seen the cannonball approach make that happen. “Water goes flying everywhere! The ripples go out, hit the side, and come back in.” In this book, Breaux shares the concept of creating “ripples”—where a life touches a life, which touches a life, which touches a life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Aug 30, 2009
• ISBN: 9780310832188

Mike Breaux

Jeff Brazil is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writer, editor, with expertise in digital media and strategic communication. A former enterprise writer and senior editor for the Los Angeles Times, he has collaborated on several other books about social justice, culture, spirituality, and leadership!!!!!!.

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Making Ripples

Copyright © 2006 by Mike Breaux

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Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright

A Destiny or Accidental-Like?

Stuck

Rescued by the Destiny Maker

Moving from ‘‘Whatever’’ to ‘‘Wherever’’

Everyday Guidance

Living the Same Old Life

Making a Difference — Now!

Making Ripples

Rippling Forward

About the Publisher

Share Your Thoughts

To Debbie,

I’m eternally grateful.

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O kay . . . I’ll admit it. I’ve got an artsy streak. Beneath the exterior of this bald, truck-drivin’, dog-lovin’, broken-down old jock lies the heart of an artist. Not that I have many artistic capabilities, you understand, but art moves me. Paintings. Dance. Drama. Poetry. Architecture. Something deep inside of me responds to that kind of creativity.

Of all the art forms, music and movies touch me most. I’m awestruck by haunting melodies, creative chord structures, and tight harmonies. And I love songs that tell the kind of stories that stir your heart—the ones you just want to sing over and over again. Maybe that’s why I’m a country music fan.