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THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOOK
LEATHERPOTATO
ALWAYS A CHOICE DECISION
CHOOSE TO SEE GOOD IN ALL THINGS.
SUCCESS WILL FOLLOW.
LET IT NEVER BE A “FORCED” DECISION.
LET IT ALWAYS BE A “CHOICE” DECISION.
THAT’S POSITIVE THINKING.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
WATER FINDS ITS LEVEL
LIFE IS AWESOME, DON’T YOU THINK?
IT HAS ITS GREAT DAYS AND NOT SO GOOD…ER…CHALLENGING DAYS.
THE GREAT DAYS – WHEN EVERYTHING
IS GOING YOUR WAY.
YOUR MEALS, THOUGH THEY MAY BE SIMPLE, REACHES YOUR TASTE BUDS EXACTLY THE WAY YOU LOVE THEM.
ALL THAT YOU DO TURNS OUT WELL.
THE PEOPLE OF THAT DAY… GREAT.
THEN, THERE ARE THE “COULD IT GET ANY WORSE DAYS?” NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO…DARK CLOUDS FOLLOW YOU.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE TO DODGE CURVE BALLS (AND THERE CAN BE PLENTY IN A DAY).
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK…YOU REALISE
YOU HAD GREAT DAYS.
YOU KNOW THEY WILL COME AGAIN.
EXPECT THEM.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK..
YOU REALISE YOU WEATHERED THROUGH THE STORMS OF THE CHALLENGING DAYS AND
DODGED THE CURVE BALLS.
YOU ARE BACK TO NORMAL LIKE
WATER FINDS ITS LEVEL.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOU BEING YOU
YOU ARE THE PERSON YOU KNOW YOU ARE.
BEING ANY OTHER PERSON OTHER THAN YOU,
COULD WEAR YOU DOWN.
HAPPINESS GROWS WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BE YOU INSTEAD OF ANYBODY ELSE.
THE ONLY COMPETITION YOU REALLY HAVE IS YOU.
WHEN YOU COMPETE AGAINST YOURSELF,
YOU WILL FIND HAPPINESS IN EVEN A LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
YOU DON’T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE FUTURE, WHICH IS THE NEXT MOMENT AHEAD, HOLDS FOR YOU.
THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
IT’S OKAY.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING BEFORE
IT ARRIVES.
LIVE IN THE PRESENT.
ENJOY ITS MOMENT.
DO KNOW THAT,
WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT, WHATEVER IT IS;
YOU WILL BE OKAY.
YOU CAN HANDLE IT.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
HARD TIMES NOT SO HARD
JUST WHEN YOU THINKYOU ARE GOING THROUGH YOUR HARDEST TIMES,
WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING AGAINST YOU,
YOU GOTTA HANG IN THERE.
WHEN YOU GET THROUGH THEM,
YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY, “I DID IT!”.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
JUST SAYING
THE LAST FEW MOMENTS OF THE DAY…
TIME TO DECIDE HOW YOUR DAY WENT, WHAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND AS THE “PAST” AND WHAT YOU WANT TO TAKE WITH YOU FROM NOW, THE PRESENT MOMENT; INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH IS THE NEXT MOMENT.
TIP: IF IT BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE, YOUR HEART AND RESONATES WITH ALL YOU WANT TO DO; THAT YOU TAKE WITH YOU INTO YOUR FUTURE….JUST SAYING.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?
YOU WILL GET YOU TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
TWO THINGS YOU MUST REMEMBER WHEN
YOU WANT TO DO THIS:
1. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
2. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IT WILL ULTIMATELY BE
YOU WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ARRIVING AT YOUR DESTINATION.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
EASTER IS ABOUT A PROMISE
Isn’t it wonderful? He has risen, just as He said He would.
We wish Happiest Easter to all our family and friends, the whole world over.
Jeannie Atkinson (the Batik Influencer)
and
Alan Atkinson (the Hatted Writer)
HOLY SATURDAY
Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised
. – Luke 24:25
THE GREEN GRASS
TOO MANY PEOPLE THINK THE GRASS IS GREENER SOMEWHERE ELSE. I BEG TO DIFFER.
SINCE I HAVE DECIDED TO LIVE AS THOUGH
EVERYTHING IS RIGGED IN MY FAVOUR,
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER
WHERE I WATER IT.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
