"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."

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Source : Joyce Rupp (2003). “The Star in My Heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom”, Sorin Books

Joyce Rupp

#Wise Quotes #Cat Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Our forms of government - though both cast in the democratic pattern - are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many of our misunderstandings spring from an imperfect knowledge on the part of both of us of the dissimilarities in our forms of government.”
“We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves.”
“But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?”
“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music.”
“There isn't any more that I can teach him.”
“Whether we like it or not, life has a lot of drama and pain. But God is writing a great story. Are we going to let Him? Are we going to trust Him?”
“I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.”
“In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried ... nothing is so warming and companionable.”

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