Quotes by Shannon L. Alder

Either, you are in love with someone or youre not. Fear is complicated, not love.

To die old with a young mind is such a tragedy. Naiveness was never a blessing.

Always remember that you can explain things for people, but you cant comphrend for them.

Always remember that you have been called worse things by better people.

Dont waste your time being what someone wants you to become, in order to feed their list of rules, boundaries and insecurities. Find your tribe. They will allow you to be you, while you dance in the rain.

The meaning you apply to what has happened to you is your decision. There will be critics that have their version, but God didn’t call them to be your audience, someone else did.

The people that understand you the most are not always the people you call family. Often, it is the person that has traveled a parallel road because they have seen the same scenery in life and can comment on the view.

Anyone can have a friend, but the one that would walk in a storm to find you is all you will ever need.

When you have a grasp on eternity your eyes wont ever see the battle or the lost people that hurt you. You will see a beautiful story of hope, in every character. It is not one person god loves. He loves us all and this is his story, our story and theirs.

The best plot twists are the ones you didnt expect.

She builds people up because she knows what it is like to be torn down.

We are stronger than stigma, but until more celebrity role models openly discuss mental illness we will still be stereotyped as less than capable, by an upside down world that thinks reality television is actually normal behavior.

A wise woman protects her kids. A wiser woman hangs out with police officers, retired FBI agents and private investigators.

Give up trying to convince people who you are, instead confuse them. It is a lot more fun!

What lies between where you are and where you want to be sometimes requires traveling through the Twilight Zone.

You didnt choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very important things he wants you to accomplish with your life.

Empowered Women 101: A confident woman doesnt have to talk a man into loving her. He either loves her completely, not enough or not at all. Regardless, she doesnt settle for less than she deserves.

“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.”

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

“Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.”