WHAT DOES NOT LIFT YOU UP, DRAGS YOU DOWN.
FIND THE COURAGE
TO LET GO WHAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
8 BILLION AND THE NUMBER IS STILL GROWING.
THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON EITHER
FROM THE PAST, PRESENT OR THE COMING FUTURE,
THAT IS HERE BY ACCIDENT.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON
HAS HAD A ROLE,
OR IS PLAYING ONE NOW;
AND FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE,
WILL HAVE A ROLE ON PLANET EARTH.
THE THING IS THAT
MOST PEOPLE DON’T RECOGNISE THEIR ROLE.
WE CAN’T SPEAK SO MUCH FOR THE PAST.
HOWEVER,
WHAT WE CAN DO NOW
AND THE FUTURE IS
TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR
EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN OUR OWN GIFTED WAY.
AND THAT WOULD BE SPECTACULAR!
~ 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
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE IN THE LIMELIGHT,
BY BEING THE SUN TO LIGHTEN UP SOMEONE’S LIFE. THEY MAY SEEM TO HAVE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING.
WHY NOT BE THE LESS POPULAR,
THAT IS THE MOON;
TO SHINE IN SOMEONE’S DARKEST HOUR?
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT
JUST BE…YOU…
IN THOSE MOMENTS.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller