#clarks

YOUR VALUE

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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

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

FLEETING MOMENTS

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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

BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT

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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

YOU ARE DIFFERENT

/ Alan Atkinson / Leave a comment

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED FITTING A TRAPEZIUM PEG INTO AN OBLONG HOLE?
OR A ROUND PEG IN A TRIANGLE?
JUST TO FIND THAT IT CANNOT BE DONE, GIVEN THAT
THE PEGS AND HOLES ARE THE SAME SIZE?

SO, STOP
TRYING TO FIT IN WITH CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT.

~ ALAN IA ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller