LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE UNHAPPY.
HAPPINESS IS A FEELING.
THE SECRET?
YOU CAN FEEL AND / OR BE UNHAPPY IN A VERY PLEASANT AND WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT,
OR
YOU CAN BE HAPPY IN A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
HAVE YOU WALKED INTO YOUR LIVING SPACE,
THE DOMAIN YOU PROCALIM YOURSELF AS
KING, QUEEN, MASTER OF;
AND THEN HAVE THAT FEELING OF BEING CLAUSTERPHOBIC, OF BEING UNCOMFORTABLE?
YOU LOOK AROUND AND REALISE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ACQUIRING THINGS OVER TIME
THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A HELP,
TO MAKE LIFE MORE COMFORTABLE,
TO BE A RELIEF FOR YOUR OVER-CROWDED TIME OF WORK AND ACTIVITY?
WHY DON’T YOU START CULTIVATING THE IDEA OF NEEDING LESS?
WHEN YOU NEED LESS, YOU WILL HAVE MORE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOU HAVE TO CONQUER YOUR EMOTIONS
TO HAVE A STRONG MIND.
YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE WITH A STRONG MIND.
WITH A STRONG MIND, YOU CAN HAVE FAITH WHICH IS COURAGE.
COURAGE IS THE ARMOUR YOU WEAR TO KEEP WALKING… EVEN WHEN YOU CANNOT YET SEE WHERE THE PATH WILL LEAD YOU.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author Storyteller
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE EXTREME
OR THE MOST TALENTED.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
Sounds familiar? The story of the tortoise and the hare.
ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
NOT EVERYONE WILL LIKE YOU.
THEN AGAIN, GET OVER IT.
MAINTAIN YOUR VALUE AT ALL TIMES,
NOT HAVING TO EXPLAIN THE COST.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
This is what I want to become…. That is what she wants to do… He aspires to….
They do nothing. Nothing different, nothing more than where they are at now.
Will anything change?
IF WE REMAIN WHAT WE ARE, WE CANNOT BECOME WHAT WE WANT.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
ALWAYS BE HAPPY FOR OTHERS.
YOUR TIME WILL COME.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
HAPPINESS IS ENDLESSLY ABUNDANT.
SHARE HAPPINESS WITH EVERYONE.
IT NEVER DECREASES BY BEING SHARED.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THOSE MOMENTS,
FLEETING MOMENTS;
WHEN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING MADE YOU SMILE
HAVE YOU EVER WISHED YOU COULD HAVE CAPTURED THAT MOMENT?
THAT SPLITTING MOMENT
WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED AND YOU WERE MESMERISED BY JOY?
A GRATEFUL HEART.
A GRATEFUL HEART ATTRACTS
PEACE, JOY, CLARITY AND CONNECTION.
THEN, YOU REALISE THAT FLEETING MOMENT WILL NOT COME BACK…PROBABLY.
HOWEVER, THAT GOODNESS THAT IT HOLDS…
SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. WHO KNOWS?
SMILES WILL REPLACE SADNESS.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
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
