Shannon L. Alder

"Judgement is always based on experience and sometimes you will battle a person's history first, before commonsense will ever win the war."

"Insecure people often falsify the past, in order to make the future pure."

"Mental illness is not a fraternity or a social club for like minds. It is its own religion to each person that has it. Their mind is their pastor, their feelings are their scriptures and their delusions are their own bible story. To break them free, is to break their faith in signs. That is why so many feel lost."

"We were meant to rescue each other, not cut down the forest to rescue one."

"Acquiring knowledge doesn't bring power into your life, until you apply what you have learned."

"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)"

"If you want to heal your heart surround yourself with people that won't tell you hating other people is how you get over being hurt. Surround yourself with people that will tell you to be more like Christ and reach out to those you don't understand or are offended by. Bitter insecure and anxious people will tell you everything you need to hear to help you move on, but very little of it will be the true teachings of Christ."

"You will never be able to end any battle if the people involved are unable to see their own hypocrisy, or how their insecurity contributed to their problems. Wounded people often choose to play the victim, so they can restore their dignity in unhealthy ways. Sadly, they do this through feeling justified, by making bad choices or actions (that honestly no diety would want them to do). This inability to accept their part in their unhappiness keeps them from growing. They need your prayers more than your anger. Just walk away. Let it go and pray that one day they will understand your pain, as much as you do theirs. Remember: The sexiest woman alive is one that can walk away from a place that God doesn't want them to be. Do so with your head held high and forgive yourself and others. When you can do this, you will know what God's definition of class is-- YOU!"

"Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns."

"A wise woman knows when to stay silent. However, a wiser woman of faith knows that sometimes words can win the battle, when all odds stand against her."

"Sometimes taking a leap faith requires an imaginative mind that can create the ending you are unable to see."

"Art is nothing more than creating an emotion in your own form."

"Sometimes the reason God doesn't show up to win your battles is because he already put inside of you the power to end it."

"Your need to feel significant will never be met, until you can conquer your fear and manage your focus."

"Take the high road. People will rise up to join you or fall out of sight."

"Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love."

"You will never overcome your self righteousness if you continue to believe that God prefers you over other people. The moment you feel entitled is the moment you feel superior and distance yourself from a humble heart that believes God knows what he is doing."

"Gratitude was never a noun; it's secretly a verb. It is not a place you accept defeat, settle in for broken dreams or call it the best life will get. Gratitude is getting out of laziness, self pity, denial and insecurity, in order to walk through that door God has been holding open for you this entire time."

"If you don’t know what you value in life, then you won’t be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future."

"Great leaders get people to admit the truth because they know that dreams are buried under the lies they tell themselves, in order to feel okay with giving up."