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Joyce Rupp is an American author known for her spiritual works. Her writings cover a range of topics including spiritual growth, religious life, and soul care, and have resonated with readers worldwide.

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“Drink more water and walk in a relaxed manner.”

Water Walks Drink Relaxed

Author: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.”

Feelings Wise Heard Wise Words Negative Cat Wise Sayings Feeding Negative Feelings Stray Cats

Book:The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom

Source: The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom

“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 used”

Ifs Used Waiting Perfect Disappear Cups Flaws Cracks Shelves Chips Ungrateful Love Myself I Love Myself Unsatisfied

Author:Joyce Rupp

“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.”

Way Humans Heart Matter Feelings Light Lost Seeking Confused Human Heart Feeling Lost Being Confused

Book:The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom

Source: The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom

“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.”

Needs Compassion Offers Crosses Paid Thanks Offering

Author:Joyce Rupp

“By the light of your stars, heal me.”

Light Stars Heal

Book:The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom

Source: The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom

“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.”

Believe Today Quality Knowing Promise Garden Just One

Author:Joyce Rupp

“God of peace, you are at the center of my life, a strong refuge of peace in the whirlwind of my pain. I look to you for strength and a constant assurance of hope.”

Looks Pain Strong Constant Refuge Assurance Whirlwind

Author:Joyce Rupp

“Like an ethereal presence You hang out everywhere. Not a naughty or scary goblin, Rather, an inquisitive observer, A concerned, caring custodian, Visiting every niche and closet Where we stuff the undesired Of our messy, blemished lives, You haunt territories we ignore, Hoping we will find you there.”

Stuff Concerned Scary Caring Hanging Out Territory Closets Observers Messy Niche Visiting Naughty Ethereal Inquisitive Goblin Custodians

Author:Joyce Rupp

“People gain so much hope when they know they are not experiencing something alone.”

People Knows Gains Experiencing Something

Author:Joyce Rupp

“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.”

Writing Soul Wanted Certain Song Waiting Lines Worry Happened Sadness Missing Goodness Pressure Instruments Details My Soul Schedules Tagore

Author:Joyce Rupp

About the Author

Born: June 8, 1943
Known for: Author
Quotes: 11

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