{"quotes":[{"text":"Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["accountability","anxiety","barriers","belief-systems","beliefs","beliefs-in-yourself","blinded","blindsighted","boundaries","brainwashed","bravery","breaking-free","controlled","direction","diversity","expectations","false-beliefs","fear","fearful","fearless","fears","freedom","growing","growth","hurts","idealist","introspection","knowing-what-you-want","learning","listening","ocd","open-minded","open-minded-life","openness","ownership","pain","past","personal-growth","perspective","perspectives-on-life","prisoners","road-blocks","rules","self-discovery","self-esteem-101","self-evaluation","self-imposed-pain","staying-positive","stayingpositiveu-com","stereotypes","taking-control","unrealistic-expectations","victomization","walls","wisdom"],"id":32707,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["be-strong-and-positive","brave","courage","emotional-healing","emotional-health","empowering","feeling-sorry-for-yourself","healing-the-past","inner-strength","inspirational-living","overcoming-adversity","personal-responsibility","pity-party","pity-self-destruction","rising-above-your-past","rising-strong","self-empowerment","self-harm","self-imposed-pain","self-mutilation","self-pity","self-pity","soul-searching","spiritual-development","spiritual-healing","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality","strength-through-adversity","suffering","suicide","tough-times","victim","victim-mentality"],"id":179335,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"},{"text":"When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["adversity","deserving-respect","divorce","ending-relationships","finding-joy","finding-peace","freedom","great-value","growth","happiness","hell","journeys","joy","knowing-your-worth","letting-go","moving-on","pain","painful-situations","putting-up","respect","self-confidence","self-esteem","self-help","self-imposed","self-imposed-pain","self-realization","self-respect","self-worth","struggles","too-little","too-long","value","walking","worth","worthiness"],"id":325338,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"When what you value and dream about doesn’t match the life you are living, you have pain.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["actions","alignment","blueprints","boundaries","consistency","creating-an-amazing-life","directions","dreams","expectations","goals","in-sync","lessons","life-expectations","life-plan","life-purpose-101","pain","plan","principles","self-expectations","self-imposed-pain","teachers","teaching","values","what-you-want"],"id":394968,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}