WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

WE ARE RACING FOR TIME,
TIME THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAVED BY USING A.I. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) AND THE LIKES OF IT.

YET, WITH ALL THIS TIME SAVED, WE DON’T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH OF IT…OR WE DON’T HAVE ANY.

WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT NEEDS TO EITHER BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED?
THAT IS SOMETHING EACH ONE OF US HAS TO
RE-EVALUATE AND ADJUST.

WITH A LITTLE MORE TIME ON OUR HANDS,
WE CAN PERHAPS HELP THE PEOPLE AROUND US
MAKE THEIR LIVES MEANINGFUL.
WE MAY THINK IT IS A SMALL GESTURE;
BUT TO THOSE RECEIVING THIS “GESTURE”, IT COULD MAKE A DIFFRERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

LOVE YOURSELF FIRST

IN ORDER TO LOVE OTHERS,
YOU HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF FIRST.
YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF, WHAT
YOU WANT TO GIVE TO OTHERS.

YOU WILL BE SPENDING
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH YOURSELF,
SO GET USED TO IT.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

IS PRESENT IN THE PRESENT TOO MUCH?

THE PAST IS GONE.
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT.

THE FUTURE IS YET TO COME.
WE HAVE SOME CONTROL GETTING TOWARDS IT.
WE DON’T HAVE CONTROL OF ITS OUTCOME.

THE PRESENT IS ALIVE.
IT IS AMAZING.
GRASP IT.
LIVE IT.
ENJOY IT.
BREATHE IT.
IT IS ALL BUT A MOMENT…BEFORE IT BECOMES THE PAST.

ALL TOO OFTEN, WE FORGET THAT OUR PRESENT WAS PRETTY MUCH DETERMINED BY OUR PAST.
WE SPEND TOO LITTLE TIME IN THE PRESENT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO TIME;
WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR OUR FUTURE.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

WHAT IS HAPPINESS?

WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
THAT IS A QUESTION YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME.

MANY-A-TIME, YOU GET THIS ANSWER,
“HAPPINESS IS ELUSIVE”.

THE ANSWER CAN BE BEST SUMMED UP:
THAT IN SEEKING HAPPINESS FOR OTHERS,
YOU FIND IT FOR YOURSELF.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

BE THE REASON…HOPE

BE THE REASON THAT LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING.


BE THE REASON THAT SOMEONE SEES HIMSELF
AS A PERSON,
AS ONE WHO MEANS SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN HIMSELF.


BE THE REASON THAT NO MATTER WHAT
THE CHALLENGES SOMEONE MAY BE GOING THROUGH, HE KEEPS GOING
AND LOOKS FORWARDTO THE NEXT DAY.
– HOPE.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller