NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, IT’S JUST SUCH A PHASE.
YOU MAY THINK IT’S GOING TO CRUSH YOU.
HANG IN THERE.
IT WILL PASS.
IT WILL CHANGE.
YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH IT.
BELIEVE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
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
WHEN SOMETHING IS GONE, KEEP THE MEMORIES,
BUT DON’T LIVE IN THEM.
LET GO – IT’S GONE.
SOMETHING BETTER IS COMING.
BELIEVE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
AS WE START THE LAST MONTH OF Q3 (THIRD QUARTER), OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE TO
PICK UP MOMENTUM AND SPEED IN THE
PENULTIMATE LAP TOWARDS OUR GOALS.
IT WOULD BE THE TIME TO GRAB WHATEVER MEANS THAT WILL HELP YOU STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR GOALS.
IF YOU HAVE TO LET GO THE THINGS
THAT ARE SLOWING YOU DOWN, THEN YOU SHOULD.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
LIFE IS SIMPLY AMAZING.
PICTURE AN ACCORDION.
IT MOVES IN A RYTHYM
OF EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING
TO THE WAY IT’S PLAYED.
LIFE IS SOMEWHAT LIKE THE ACCORDION, WHERE IT SHRINKS OR EXPANDS TO ONE’S COURAGE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS SAYING,
“NEVER LET THE SAME SNAKE BITE YOU TWICE”.
IN REALITY,
YOU SHOULD NEVER LET ANY SNAKE BITE YOU.
REMEDY:
DON’T FOCUS ON SNAKES.
FOCUS ON CLEAR, SAFE PATHS.
CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU WILL CHANGE
YOUR LIFE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
SOMETIMES, LIVING THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN BE,
GETS RATTLED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL PUT
“THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN BE”
TO THE TEST WITH THEIR NEGATIVITY, IGNORANCE, HATE AND EVEN DRAMA.
STAND YOUR GROUND.
YOU MAY BE CHALLENGED.
HOWEVER, WORK AT BEING
THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN BE – ALWAYS.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
IT’S THE WEEKEND.
YOU START TO UNWIND.
THOUGHTS BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN.
PEACE WITHIN YOU GROWS.
ENJOY THE MOMENTS.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
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
THERE ARE THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE:
– THOSE THAT MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
– THOSE WHO WATCH THINGS HAPPEN
– THOSE WHO WONDER WHAT HAPPENED
THE BEST GROUP TO BE IN IS THE ONE THAT MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THEY DO.
THEIR SECRET?
THEY HAVE NO TIME TO CRTICIZE OTHERS,
TALK OR ENTERTAIN NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.
THEY SET GOALS, PLAN AND WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING WHAT THEY SET OUT TO DO.
YOU CAN CONSIDER THEM AS BUSY AS BEES.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
