THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOOK

Have you got yours yet?

LIFE IS AMAZING!

BE HUMBLE TO BE KIND

IN ORDER TO BE KIND; YOU HAVE TO BE HUMBLE.
THAT MEANS
NEVER THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
IT’S NEVER A LOSS.

IT’S ALWAYS A LESSON.
WE CAN LEARN THINGS WHEN
WE SEE FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

Bumblebee

MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT

MAKE TODAY COUNT.

BETTER STILL, MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT.

LIFE IN ITSELF, IS SO, SO WONDERFUL.
WE HAVE YET TO BEGIN TO GRASP
WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER.

SO, DECIDE TO HELP MAKE IT COUNT,
FOR OURSELVES AND
FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND US.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

WHEN YOU WERE IN DARKNESS

ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE WHO COME WITH A LAMP WHEN YOU WERE IN DARKNESS.

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD BARELY ENOUGH OIL TO KEEP THEIR LAMP LIT FOR THEMSELVES, THEY WERE WILLING TO SHARE.

THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD ANSWERS,
BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO STAY WITH YOU UNTIL
YOU FOUND LIGHT FOR YOURSELF.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING… OR IS IT?

THERE IS A SAYING THAT MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING.

HOWEVER,
MAKE ENOUGH MONEY
SO THAT YOU CAN WALK OUT OF SITUATIONS
THAT YOU DON’T LIKE.
WORK TOWARDS BEING DEBT-FREE.

THE BORROWER IS A SLAVE TO THE LENDER. – A VERY PROFOUND STATEMENT FROM THE WISEST BOOK.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

OUR OWN GIFTED WAY

8 BILLION AND THE NUMBER IS STILL GROWING.
THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON EITHER
FROM THE PAST, PRESENT OR THE COMING FUTURE,
THAT IS HERE BY ACCIDENT.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON
HAS HAD A ROLE,
OR IS PLAYING ONE NOW;
AND FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE,
WILL HAVE A ROLE ON PLANET EARTH.
THE THING IS THAT
MOST PEOPLE DON’T RECOGNISE THEIR ROLE.

WE CAN’T SPEAK SO MUCH FOR THE PAST.
HOWEVER,
WHAT WE CAN DO NOW
AND THE FUTURE IS
TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR
EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN OUR OWN GIFTED WAY.
AND THAT WOULD BE SPECTACULAR!

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT

HAVE YOU TRIED BEING YOURSELF? I MEAN JUST BEING YOU?
WHEN YOU REALLY THINK OF IT, MOST PEOPLE TRY TO BE SOMEONE ELSE THEY AREN’T NOW.

PERHAPS, TO
PORTRAY A BETTER VERSION OF THEMSELVES.
THAT IN ITSELF IS GOOD.
WE HAVE TO STRIVE TOWARDS THAT.

HOWEVER, NEVER LOSE THE PERSON YOU ARE.
BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT.
THERE WILL BE SOME WHO ADORE YOU AND
SOME WHO WILL HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
BUT WHO CARES?

ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK?
IT’S YOUR LIFE.
MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

JUST BE…YOU…IN THOSE MOMENTS

EVERYONE WANTS TO BE IN THE LIMELIGHT,
BY BEING THE SUN TO LIGHTEN UP SOMEONE’S LIFE. THEY MAY SEEM TO HAVE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING.

WHY NOT BE THE LESS POPULAR,
THAT IS THE MOON;
TO SHINE IN SOMEONE’S DARKEST HOUR?
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT
JUST BE…YOU…
IN THOSE MOMENTS.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller