THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOOK

Have you got yours yet?

LIFE IS AMAZING!

THE “NOW” MOMENTS

DON’T CRY OVER THE PAST.
IT HAS GONE, NEVER TO RETURN.

DON’T STRESS OVER THE FUTURE, IT HASN’T ARRIVED… YET.
GIVE IT IT’S TIME, IT WILL.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN DWELLING TOO MUCH ABOUT THE PAST,
OR / AND
WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS; YOU PROBABLY WILL BE MISSING OUT THE PRESENT –
THE “NOW” MOMENTS.

START PLOTTING THE STEPS OF THE PRESENT BY
WRITING YOUR STORY OR
PAINTING YOUR PICTURE.
LIVING YOUR LIFE IN THE PRESENT IS
SOMETHING ONLY YOU CAN DO.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

YOU’VE BEEN PUSHING…AT THE GRIND

HALF A YEAR IS ALMOST OVER.
YOU’VE BEEN PUSHING…
AT THE GRIND,
AIMING TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
THAT WERE SET FROM THE START OF THE YEAR.
RELENTLESSLY.
YOU MAY NOT SEE MUCH RESULTS
EVEN WITH ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN.

SOMETIMES,
YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK
AND TAKE A SHORT BREAK.
IT HELPS YOU SEE THINGS MORE CLEARLY,
MAYBE DO SOME MINOR TWEAKS
TO YOUR WORK METHODS AND GOALS
FOR THE NEXT HALF OF THE YEAR.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

YOUR MIND IS YOUR BELIEVER

YOUR MIND WILL BELIEVE WHAT YOU TELL IT.
TELL IT THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE.

TELL IT YOU ARE SMART AND AMBITIOUS,
THAT YOU ARE ALMOST THERE IN ACHIEVING
ALL THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO.

TELL YOUR MIND THAT YOU ARE FEARLESS AND BRAVE IN ENSURING THAT YOU DO ACHIEVE ALL THAT
YOU SET OUT TO DO.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

WHAT YOU SAY YOU’LL DO

YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU SAY YOU’LL DO.

JUST DO.
TAKE CHANCES, MAKE MISTAKES.
LEARN.
TAKE CHANCES AGAIN.
MAKE MISTAKES…AGAIN.

LEARN DIFFERENTLY.
THAT’S HOW YOU GROW.

TAKING CHANCES, THEN DO IS BETTER THAN
GOING THROUGH LIFE WONDERING WHAT IF?
WHAT IF YOU HAD TAKEN THE CHANCE.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

A VIBE YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN

THE GREATEST PRISON PEOPLE LIVE IN, IS
THE FEAR OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK.
DON’T LET SOCIETY BE THE DESIGNER OF YOUR FUTURE.

FOLLOW YOUR OWN PATH.
CREATE A VIBE THAT YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN.

SO DON’T BOTHER WHAT OTHERS THINK.
BE ORIGINAL.
BE YOU.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

FATHER – A PRIVILEGE AND HONOUR

An awe-amazing start of Father’s Day – with family. I remember the first day I became a father – What a privilege and honour it was then…and is still now…even more…

With family. Always the greatest!

A sparkle from the colours.

Here’s wishing my father, my brothers, brothers-in-law, all fathers in the family, and all fathers (including my classmates and schoolmates from school)

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

A RECOGNITION THAT IS WORTH IT’S RECOGNITION.