“If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another, "I want to know why!” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When a man plays with your heart it is for one of two reasons: He knows he can or he is undecided.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When relationships fail it is usually because someone chooses not to show up for the battle.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Delusions are hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding insane people living in a backwards world.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Don’t ever feel bad that someone couldn’t give you all of their heart. Be grateful that you can take the least complicated… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“There are only two ways to live your life. One as if all that matters is to have someone love and accept… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Anyone can fail at something they really don’t want. What really takes courage is going after something you want and then failing.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Buried emotions are caged nighthawks that have fallen in love with the moon. They don’t understand the sun because they were born… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“If they keep coming back to you, it isn't love. It is because you made yourself and easy option. The moment the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When you settle for anything short of the best life God wants to offer you, then you have been tempted to remain… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“When the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Life has always been about God winning. He will send you a miracle that will take you through the conflict in your… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Never mistake the uncomfortable feeling of insecurity and the fear of the unknown with the Holy Ghost’s promptings. Sometimes those feelings are… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“I love you. I hate you. I like you. I hate you. I love you. I think you’re stupid. I think you’re… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Don’t waste your time trying to explain yourself to people that are committed to misunderstanding you. Instead, commit your time to explaining… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The most important quality in the man you decide to marry should be the ability to make you laugh. Beauty fades, careers… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Unrequited love is the only emotion that allows sane people to taste the “life sentence” of someone with bipolar disorder. The longer… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“You can't live in your mind and expect those dreams to become real, without the work. Reality requires actions that might feel… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The only love you have to prove in life is your love of God and helping others. Anyone that can't see that… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Expectations are nothing more than the rules we set, in order to maintain our ego and self esteem. What we seek from… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it,… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“It is not lies or a lack of loyalty that ends a relationship. It is the agonizing truth that one person feels… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The clock ticks; the taunting rhythm serving as a reminder that forward is the only way we can go. The mechanical heartbeat… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“If you don't make a conscious effort to visualize, who you are and what you want to become in life, then you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“There are no guarantees with finally being honest and coming clean with people. Sometimes you don’t win love back. Sometimes you lose… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Whenever you can’t balance what you see with what you believe you have conflict.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Insecure people often falsify the past, in order to make the future pure.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Cruelty is a language that the blind can see, the deaf can hear, and the heart feels forever. — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“True friends are not mirrors where we can always see ourselves reflected in a positive light.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“No one would have guessed that the jagged pieces of our soul fit the puzzle in this box. We were considered the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Often romantic relationships fail because you are trying to get someone to fall in love with the YOU that you never discovered.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Every romantic woman dreams of Willoughby. However, every wise woman’s heart knows Colonel Brandon would take care of her when she was… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Marriage is what you make of it, and God has many versions of what that looks like based on what different souls… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“In the end, a lack of compatibility is what ruins relationships. You can't force someone to be an eagle when they are… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“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… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“God is going to send you someone that will rescue you. Then one day you will rescue them in return and together your story… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“It is not the self respect and pride that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind to your children that matters.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing that solutions don’t come from individuals, but rather experiences.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“If you have feelings for someone, let them know. It doesn’t matter if they can be in your life or not. Maybe, it is… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“After every storm, there is a rainbow. If you have eyes, you will find it. If you have wisdom, you will create it. If… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“Don’t ever feel bad that someone couldn’t give you all of their heart. Be grateful that you can take the least complicated part of… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“I don't know why anyone would be scared of a homeless person. The truly scary people are all the murder mystery writers. They spend… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“Until you have stood in another woman’s stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“I don't understand women that call themselves a "bitch". It doesn't empower a woman. Rather, it reveals to everyone that you were deeply hurt… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered up their… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share
