1,304 Quotes by Shannon L. Alder

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

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

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

Music is feelings in search of words.

When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.

You are not an option, a choice or a soft place to land after a long battle. You were meant to be the one. If you can wrap yourself around the idea that you are something incredible, then you will stop excusing behavior that rapes your very soul. You were never meant to teach someone to love you. You were meant to be loved.

When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.

There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.

When you let go of control and commit yourself to happiness, it is so easy to offer compassion and forgiveness. This propels you from the past, into the present. People that are negative, spend so much time trying to control situations and blame others for their problems. Committing yourself to staying positive is a daily mantra that states, “I have control over how I plan to react, feel, think and believe in the present. No one guides the tone of my life, except me!