Shannon L. Alder

"A heart worth loving is one you understand, even in silence."

- Shannon L. Alder

"You had me at hello, goodbye and everything in between."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. The art of reading between the lines is a lifelong quest of the wise."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, 'What else could this mean?'"

- Shannon L. Alder

"One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone."

- Shannon L. Alder

"“Anger, resentment, and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others. It only changes yours.”"

- Shannon L. Alder

"Sometimes, it is how you shine in the darkness during other people's misery that is remembered more than anything you could have said or done when you have suffered just as much."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Sensitive people care when the world doesn’t because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Blessed is a mother that would give up part of her soul for her children’s happiness."

- Shannon L. Alder

"You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Feelings are something you have; not something you are."

- Shannon L. Alder

"If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines. You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight another day."

- Shannon L. Alder

"There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like you, or you can stand up and be a leader for what is right. Always, remember this: People never remember the crowd; they remember the one person that had the courage to say and do what no one would do."

- Shannon L. Alder

"There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for – you."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself."

- Shannon L. Alder

"When you see a successful person you do not envy them, but rather you feel inspired to be like them."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another, ‘I want to know why!’"

- Shannon L. Alder

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The moment you have to recruit people to put another person down, in order to convince someone of your value is the day you dishonor your children, your parents and your God. If someone doesn't see your worth the problem is them, not people outside your relationship."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Don't ever let someone tell you the value you don't have, in order to be in someone's life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?""

- Shannon L. Alder

"The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The problem isn’t that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!"

- Shannon L. Alder

"People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Fear is to begin with the end in mind. There is no end. Life is eternal. Live life knowing that the end was your past, and the future is only full of beautiful beginnings through an eternity built around God’s love."

- Shannon L. Alder

"You are not what others think you are. You are what God knows you are."

- Shannon L. Alder

"If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind."

- Shannon L. Alder

"To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind."

- Shannon L. Alder

""To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.""

- Shannon L. Alder

""Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.""

- Shannon L. Alder

"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence."

- Shannon L. Alder

"To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, and raise them to be kind."

- Shannon L. Alder

"When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Forget what hurt you but never forget what it taught you."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The Moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness in order to be seen."

- Shannon L. Alder

"All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight."

- Shannon L. Alder

"When someone you love dies, you are given the gift of "second chances". Their eulogy is a reminder that the living can turn their lives around at any point. You’re not bound by the past; that is who you used to be. You’re reminded that your feelings are not who you are, but how you felt at that moment. Your bad choices defined you yesterday, but they are not who you are today. Your future doesn’t have to travel the same path with the same people. You can start over. You don’t have to apologize to people that won’t listen. You don’t have to justify your feelings or actions, during a difficult time in your life. You don’t have to put up with people that are insecure and want you to fail. All you have to do is walk forward with a positive outlook, and trust that God has a plan that is greater than the sorrow you left behind. The people of quality that were meant to be in your life won’t need you to explain the beauty of your heart. They already understand what being human is----a roller coaster ride of emotions during rainstorms and sunshine, sprinkled with moments when you can almost reach the stars."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight another day. (God)"

- Shannon L. Alder

"To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life."

- Shannon L. Alder

"The real warriors in this world are the ones that see the details of another’s soul. They see the transparency behind walls people put up. They stand on the battlefield of life and expose their heart’s transparency, so others can finish the day with hope. They are the sensitive souls that understand that before they could be a light they first had to feel the burn."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Sometimes, you can be touched by God but not healed. Often when this happens, he is using your pain for a greater purpose."

- Shannon L. Alder