#clarks

IS PRESENT IN THE PRESENT TOO MUCH?

/ Alan Atkinson / Leave a comment

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

SMALL WINS

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HE WHO KNOWS HIMSELF IS WISE.

IN YOUR RACE AND PERSUIT
TO ACHIEVE YOUR BIG GOALS THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO; DON’T KNOCK THE SMALL WINS ALONG THE WAY.

SMALL WINS DAILY WHEN ADDED UP, CREATE BIG TRANSFORMATIONS. SMALL WINS HELP CREATE CONSISTENCY AND STRENGTHEN YOUR PATIENCE. YOUR ORDINARY DAYS BECOME LIFE EXPERIENCES WORTH REMEMBERING.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

WHEN YOU NEED LESS, YOU WILL HAVE MORE

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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

THE ARMOUR YOU WEAR

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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

WILL ANYTHING CHANGE?

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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