Shannon L. Alder
Quotes by Shannon L. Alder
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I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you have to view places of worship as free mental health clinics, in order to deal with the piety or hypocrisy. Parishioners are a wounded souls in various stages of healing, who are being treated by angels, with credentials from the University of Hard Knocks. Some take their therapy seriously and try to practice what they learned. Yet, others down the sacrament like a healing dose of Prozac, with no other effort required. When you keep this in mind, you won't feel so annoyed by the personalities you encounter.
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Tough love and brutal truth from strangers are far more valuable than Band-Aids and half-truths from invested friends, who don't want to see you suffer any more than you have.
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Don't ever let your spouse or partner blame an outside person or persons for the ruin of your relationship or their past relationships. If two people are committed to one another then no one can change that.
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You can find anyone that will tell you what you want to hear, but the only one worth valuing is the one that tells you what you need to learn.
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Some people can't be in your life because they don't have the power to help you improve it. That doesn't mean you don't wish them well, it just means that you are on Chapter ten of your life, when they are on Chapter five. Maybe, it is just enough to meet at the crossroads in life and agree to take separate paths, then with a cheshire grin you both look back and shout, —Beat you to the top of the mountain", followed by the funnest sprint of both of your lives.
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Is not the true respect and worship of God the exercising of our power in such a way that we are also respected?
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I will never be someone's last choice, second option, narcissistic supply, doormat, ego booster, sidekick, secret, last time or after thought. I am a Daughter of God that stands for truth. I know my beauty, my talents, my accomplishments, what I have to offer and who leads my life purpose: my Heavenly Father. But, most of all I know my value and I will never let any man define my worth.
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Your true power is not in your difference, but in your consistency of being different. The world will always adjust to consistency, yet struggle with change.
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There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.
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The earth is hiring and the pay is your legacy.
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We are not at the bargaining table in agreement to end abuse to our world. We are on the battlefield deciding everyday if we will let this world die or live, by how we contribute to its treatment.
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The world is waiting for us to graduate from ourselves.
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When you believe you have lost your power and control nothing will ever seem easy or simple.
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