Quotes by Shannon L. Alder

There is no amount of bad karma that can compete with a contrite spirit and Gods forgiveness.

Forgiveness doesnt mean the person that hurt you was released from Gods justice. It simply means you no longer need to carry the anger from what they done because you see it wasnt about you really. It was about how they grew up, their past, their values and their way of surviving that falls outside common decency. You just happened to be the person they put all of their past hurts on and blamed. You were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

God has witnessed everything done to you. Those that love God will feel shame for what they did. Those that dont ....do not know God or have a concept of repentance or forgiveness.

Act with Gods compassion, mercy and forgiveness in mind and you will always be right. Act with revenge in your heart and you will always be wrong.

Never leave a situation unless you know what you needed and what you were never going to get.

People that hold onto hate for so long do so because they want to avoid dealing with their pain. They falsely believe if they forgive they are letting their enemy believe they are a doormat. What they don’t understand is hatred can’t be isolated or turned off. It manifests in their health, choices and belief systems. Their values and religious beliefs make adjustments to justify their negative emotions. Not unlike malware infesting a hard drive, their spirit slowly becomes corrupted and they make choices that don’t make logical sense to others. Hatred left unaddressed will crash a person’s spirit. The only thing he or she can do is to reboot, by fixing him or herself, not others. This might require installing a firewall of boundaries or parental controls on their emotions. Regardless of the approach, we are all connected on this network of life and each of us is responsible for cleaning up our spiritual registry.

Words matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion.

Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.

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.

You need to forgive people you dont understand; if not, try to understand people you want to forgive.

A thorn in your side will drive you to find someone or thing to remove it. Therefore, dont hate your enemies. Thank them. Without them, you wouldnt have traveled as far in your life to find peace and happiness.

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance.

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?

Sometimes what a person expresses in their eyes is more than all the books you could read on suffering.

The real warriors in this world are the ones that see the details of anothers soul. They see the transparency behind walls people put up. They stand on the battlefield of life and expose their hearts 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.

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!

When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.

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.

The day I found my smile again was when I stood in my own storm and danced with my tribe.

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.