Shannon L. Alder Quotes

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

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

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.

Don't 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.

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

Before you ever get the person you really want in your life, you will be tested with every person that was wrong for you. You will be tempted with what was easy, what was familiar, what was only physical, what was safe and what was simply a friend to pull you out of a difficult situation because you didn't want to be alone. When you finally meet the person you were meant to be with you won't have to guess, decide or choose. You will be drawn to them. They will seem to fit who you are, but at the same time have the missing pieces that makes you want to become a better person. There is no need to be guarded because this soul is like your own and talking to them about the deepest things in life are effortless. They won't be like any other you have met and you will find yourself looking for parts of them in everyone you meet.

The biggest battles you face in love are the battle to know your worth and the battle to know when your boundaries need to be protected.

Blessed is a mother that would give up part of her soul for her children's happiness.