Quotes from Shannon L. Alder

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.

To find the peace you never had you will need to do the one fearful thing that you have never done.

Vulnerability gives us freedom, power and connects us to a network of injured souls. It is through the art of being real that we can heal ourself and others.

Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.

Vulnerability + Action + Positive Thinking = Courage

It is better to be alone than to become a person that loses his soul to the fear of loneliness.

Winning and losing is not an external game. It is an internal battle over telling yourself the truth vs. lies regarding why you haven't stepped into the life you dreamed of.

Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.

Worry is like a roller coaster ride that you think will take you somewhere, but it never does.

How you react doesn't tell a person about your character, as much as it does your fear or God's fire. Which is it?

If you spend your life over analysing every encounter you will always see the tree, but never the forest.

The need for control always comes from someone that has lost it.

Satan will tempt you with many things in life, but the most powerful is the temptation to be grateful for what you have, when it is not the best life God had to offer you.

There is no real bravery in getting paid to save someone's life. However, there is a large amount of bravery in a nurse break dancing at the hospital's Christmas party.