Shannon L. Alder
Shannon L. Alder is a contemporary American writer and educator. She is known for her work on mindfulness and emotional resilience, particularly in educational settings, blending practical advice with accessible, reflective language. Her insights often bridge psychology and everyday experience.
“The day you find out who you are is when you look back and realize that it was never the words, rather your actions that defined you.”
“Every person with ADHD already knows that destination addiction is part of their disorder. However, if it doesn’t have a positive outlet, it can destroy your life. It is not another person that will make your life better; it is the qualities in them that you admire. Incorporate those attributes into your own life and you won’t miss a thing.”
“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.”
“Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.”
“If a man says he is Christian, yet he has no problems knocking you up, having premarital sex or living in sin with you, then you have to ask yourself, “What version of Christ does he believe in?”
“My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.”
“More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?”
“You will know what and who really matters to you the moment you feel you have lost them.”
“It takes a hell of a lot of courage to walk into your own story, but to be the hero of your own life you have to rescue yourself.”
“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.”
“Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!”
“Your mind is the voice for your heart.”
“The healthy should be reminded that we are all dying because it is through our own reminder of mortality that we accelerate our good intentions, into actions people can see.”
“Judgement of others and ourselves always comes from a place of fear. It is fear that keeps us from living authentically all that we say we value.”
“The best stories are the ones with the unexpected plot twists that no one would have guessed, even the writer.”
“Humility is not a one time lesson that comes when you have lost everything. It is a daily reminder of how far we have come, yet still short of who we can be through HIS guidance. Blessed is the soul that can recognize that he isn’t moving mountains, but God is for him.”
“If you're stressing over happiness, you're doing it wrong!”
“Whether you deny your wounds or see them clearly, they bring a great source of power because they lived in the same place as your heart.”
“Reality was once a dream that took flight.”
“If I could be anything in this world I would be rare. So rare that the people I loved never forgot me or ever found anything to compare me to. I was never a type, but the only type--the person you couldn't throw away because you would never be able to describe the mystery of something that didn't fit this world.”