Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder

"There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind."
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"There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind."
Shannon L. Alder
"It is so simple, yet so hard for some people to do. If you want someone out of your life then you and only “you” must tell him or her to leave. This can only be done by you. Otherwise, your silence shouts, “I am undecided.” When other people get involved it sends mixed signals. If only more people would be so bold, hearts would not linger so long."
Shannon L. Alder
"Don’t waste your time trying to explain yourself to people that are committed to misunderstanding you. Instead, commit your time to explaining who they are to them. When you get a person to see the positive similarities you share, it begins to restore the loss of respect between you."
Shannon L. Alder
"Empathy and a huge imagination explain a lot of mysteries in the universe."
Shannon L. Alder
"You're going to come across some truly gifted people in your lifetime that seem to know all the answers. However, they lost their personal relationship with God, along the way. Love them anyways, and do everything you can to help them restore that relationship. They are fighting a war that you don't know anything about."
Shannon L. Alder
"When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple."
Shannon L. Alder
"You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love."
Shannon L. Alder
"Two people that have the same wants are two people that should be friends."
Shannon L. Alder
"Anyone can become your best friend when you spend time together and share your feelings about life. However, not every best friend can free you from yourself. This is when you reconsider the word "best" and decide to expand your circle to include others."
Shannon L. Alder
"A best friend is someone that will stand in your storm and tell you the lightening is beautiful just to make you realize that your heart was worth getting soaked."
Shannon L. Alder
"The day I found my smile again was when I stood in my own storm and danced with my tribe."
Shannon L. Alder
"When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want."
Shannon L. Alder
"Remember, the village idiot was the spiritual man who built the ark and saved his family. Keep being you and never give up marching to the beat of your own drum!"
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 other's 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 what a person expresses in their eyes is more than all the books you could read on suffering."
Shannon L. Alder
"When a small group of people come together to relive the Salem witch hunts, God cries. For if anything is sorrowful to God, it is evil done in his name. When you find out you were not given the truth, how will you live with yourself?"
Shannon L. Alder
"You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance."
Shannon L. Alder
"A thorn in your side will drive you to find someone or thing to remove it. Therefore, don't hate your enemies. Thank them. Without them, you wouldn't have traveled as far in your life to find peace and happiness."
Shannon L. Alder
"God always brings someone into your life that has traveled the same path and knows the rocks you climbed to get to the end of the trail."
Shannon L. Alder
"You need to forgive people you don't understand; if not, try to understand people you want to forgive."
Shannon L. Alder
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