Shannon L. Alder

"God built lighthouses to see people through storms. Then he built storms to remind people to find lighthouses."

"Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth."

"A warrior doesn’t worry. He or she evaluates the situation, investigates the source, calculates the risks and benefits, formulates a plan then puts it into action."

"Do not conform to seek the seekers, but leave the leavers. Wisdom comes from facing what you do not yet understand."

"Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed?"

"What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it."

"It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or situation, which influences your emotions and actions. Your choice is to change the meaning you gave it or to change your response, in order to create the outcome you want."

"The cure is as simple as this: Live your words and live your belief system."

"Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be."

"Your current situation = the life expectations you have accepted as completed, unless you change your comfort zone to create a better life."

"There is an excitement in creating a life, rather than maintaining a life you are not excited about living."

"We are chained by our own control. Life is nothing more than finding the key that unlocks every part of our soul."

"People often tell themselves lies, in order to reach what they consider acceptance in difficult situations. In reality, they fool themselves into believing they are healed, until that lie is corrected by time, further information or their own personal growth. True healing comes when we learn to not avoid truth, but face it. Only then will we be set free."

"Happiness is when you fight for souls that barely hang on."

"I will never accept life for what it is. I don't need an easy life. My road was meant to be hard because anything worth having in this world will take me to the very edge of myself. I will overcome everything I have ever gone through and will make my future the one God intended me to have. I will pick up the pieces of this pain and sculpt it into art. I am not ordinary and never was. I walk into my birthright as a queen with her head held high. I was born to do this!"

"You will never know the purest love you can give a person, until the day you hurt because they hurt. You genuinely want them to succeed in life and be free from all the chains that keep them from being happy, whether you are in their life or not."

"The most glorious moment you will ever experience in your life is when you look back and see how God was protecting you all this time."

"If you truly loved someone and they couldn't be in your life you won't hurt them. You will pray for them. You will hope that they find their happiness and place in this world. You will want them to have the best life because love isn't about possession, fear or desperation. When you have a grasp on eternity you don't need to feel time is running out. Time is all you have. Love isn’t a game of musical chairs--grab a partner and sit down. It is a search for the right fit for your soul and life purpose. In a life that never ends you will either find the one that sees you as much as you see them, 0r who knows? Maybe, if there are such things as soulmates, God will introduce you, but keep you far enough apart, until each of you fulfill something more important for your growth or God’s plan. Regardless, when you can face eternity alone you will know what true love is and that letting go is not an insult to your soul. You can smile because the person you loved has your blessings of protection with them and God has your best interest also in mind. You will find that person to complete you because God wants you to, as much as you do."

"Joy comes when you turn it over to God to deal with. This is when you will feel the true release from it's weight."

"Every person with ADHD already knows that destination addiction is part of their disorder. However, if it doesn’t have a positive outlet, it can destroy your life. It is not another person that will make your life better; it is the qualities in them that you admire. Incorporate those attributes into your own life and you won’t miss a thing."