{"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["authentic","be-yourself","being-real","caring","courage","exposing-fears","feeling-deeply","healers","healing","networking","no-fear","raw","real","real-self","relatable","sharing"],"id":22431,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Sometimes it's important to dare to dream - small or big - like Mandela, Gandhi, Winfrey, Obama, Malala and Dr King. From Einstein to Hawking - the skies no limit. From Ali to the Williams sisters - through trials and talent find the champions within. Like my mother did to raise great kids. Like the one or many who run with this. Like the unsung heroes in every city and village. Like the kind of heart and selfless healers. Like every act of kindness you ever did and received. Like the human spirit beyond class, colour and creed. Like every soul who has raised our consciousness. From one to all - love IS all we have and need.","author":"Rasheed Ogunlaru","tags":["ali","champion","class","colour","compassion","consciousness","creed","dreaming","dreams","einstein","einstein","gandhi","great-souls","healers","inspiration","inspirational","kindness","love","malala","mandela","mindfulness","mohammed-ali","obama","oneness","oprah","oprah-winfrey","about-inner-strength","about-inspiration","about-life","rasheed-ogunlaru","rasheed-ogunlaru","stephen-hawking","the-power-of-positive-thinking","vision","visionaries","williams-sisters"],"id":52684,"author_id":"Rasheed+Ogunlaru"},{"text":"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["acting","altruism","blogs","charity-organizations","community-service","counselors","documentary","freethinkers","givers","healers","health-careers","influence","life-coach","magnify-your-talents","movies","news","newspapers","overthinkers","pastors","philosophy","preachers","psychologists","psychology","public-education","public-speakers","service","speakers","talents","television","theatre","therapists","thinkers","websites","writers"],"id":117394,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"When you meet a dark angel don't you ever for one minute believe they are bad because they have faced the worst demons and lived to guide you through yours. It really isn't an easy job they have been asked to do, but then neither was standing on the front line during the war in heaven.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["angels","blunt","clarity","communicators","dark-angels","different","healers","messengers","narrators","outspoken","peculiar","pirates","sages","simplify","smart-mouth","socrates","stories","tough-jobs","tough-love","unexpected-encounters"],"id":158331,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"In a world where very few people care if you live or die, there is a light that shines in the distance. It has a name that they call hope and it carries with it people that never stop caring. They learned long ago that extending mercy was not a choice, but a place where God lives.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["activism","compassion","conviction-of-the-heart","dignity","dreamers","ecosystems","for-the-oceans","healers","kindness","love","making-a-difference","mercy","peace","sea-shepherd","warriors"],"id":162733,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"A kind word will never replace the conversation that God has prompted you to repeatedly have.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["christ-followers","compassion","conversations","courage","empathetic-souls","empathy","fearless","friendship","genuine-love-of-christ","healers","healers-for-christ","kindness","kindness-for-others","love","love-for-others","merciless","mercy","repentance","spiritual-growth","walking-the-talk"],"id":181653,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"The real warriors in this world are the ones that see the details of another's soul. They see the transparency behind walls people put up. They stand on the battlefield of life and expose their heart's transparency, so other's can finish the day with hope. They are the sensitive souls that understand that before they could be a light they first had to feel the burn.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["altruism","charity","deeply-felt","disciples","givers","healers","healing-others","hearing","hope","inspiration","inspiring","leaders","listening","openess","rawness","seeing","sensitive","spiritual-warriors","tender","transparency"],"id":200062,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Favorite Quotations.I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue.The worth of a book is measured by what you carry away from it. It's not over till it's over. Imagination is everything. All life is an experiment. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly.","author":"Pat Frayne","tags":["action","adventure","animals","bats","battles","castle","cave-scarey","conjure-cat","curses","dark-powers","evil","fairy-elf","flesh-eaters","forest","fox","friendship","gnome-fortress","gnomes","goose-bumps","healers","lands","loyalty","magic","magic-stone","missing-children","mission","mystery","mystical","ogre","owl","paranormal-powers","quest","raccoon","snakes","spiders","spirit","sprite","suspense","troll","witch","wizard","wolf"],"id":255310,"author_id":"Pat+Frayne"},{"text":"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.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["asylum","bad-advice","church","churches","counselors","free-therapy","harmony","healers","healing","insane","insanity","mental-disorders","mental-health","mental-institution","peace","psychiatry","psychology","public-health","reality","religion","salvation","souls","theology","therapists","therapy","uneducated-shrinks","unorganized","worship","worship-teams","wounded-soul","wounded-souls"],"id":328218,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Paulette had never been flush with self-confidence. People took that as humility, but humility isn’t painful and crippling. She hadn’t yet learned that humble and self-destructive aren’t the same thing at all. They’re not even on the same team. - From 'The Gardens of Ailana' handbook for healers \u0026 mystics.","author":"Edward Fahey","tags":["healers","healing","healing-the-past","humility","self-destructive","spirit"],"id":332331,"author_id":"Edward+Fahey"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}