Joyce Rupp
I heard a wise saying once that has helped me: "Negative feelings are like stray cats. The more you feed them, the more they hang around.Collection: Wise
Hope is not just one single quality or promise. Hope has to do with believing beyond today— knowing there’s a garden of beauty that awaits me.Collection: Believe
Rabindranath Tagore writes that the song he wanted to sing has never happened because he spent his days "stringing and unstringing" his instrument. Whenever I read these lines a certain sadness enters my soul. I get so preoccupied with the details and pressure of my schedule, with the hurry and worry of life, that I miss the song of goodness which is waiting to be sung through me.Collection: Song
People gain so much hope when they know they are not experiencing something alone.Collection: People
if I wait to be perfect before I love myself I will always be unsatisfied and ungrateful if I wait until all the flaws, chips, and cracks disappear I will be the cup that stands on the shelf and is never usedCollection: Perfect
No matter how much light I carry within me, there will always be times of feeling lost, being confused, seeking direction. It is the way of the human heart.Collection: Confused
I will offer thanks for someone who paid a price for offering compassion to me. I will place myself beneath the cross of another who needs my compassion.Collection: Compassion
Drink more water and walk in a relaxed manner.Collection: Water
By the light of your stars, heal me.Collection: Stars