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
IF YOU EVER WANT TO GIVE A GIFT,
ONE WITH IT’S VALUE NEVER DEMINISHING OR
LOSING ITS SHINE,
YET FREELY AVAILABLE FOR ALL MANKIND TO GIVE; THAT WOULD BE THE
GIFT OF KINDNESS.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
SUCCESS MAY BE AN ILLUSIVE DREAM
IF YOU FOCUS ON TRYING TO CHANGE OTHERS,
NOT YOURSELF.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
“ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END.”
REALLY?
THAT STATEMENT WAS WRITTEN BY JEFFREY CHAUCER IN HIS WORKS, THE CANTERBURY TALES
BETWEEN 1387 AND 1400 (1)
DOES IT STILL APPLY TO TODAY?
I AM NOT GOING TO DEBATE ON IT (OR AM I?) AS TO
WHY IT WAS WRITTEN OR OTHERWISE.
ALL GOOD THINGS IS NEVER-ENDING.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP UPDATING YOUR
“GOOD THINGS”.
THESE ARE YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING FOR THE “UPDATES”. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIME FOR DOWNTIME.
STATEMENT REVISION:
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST CONTINUE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
NOTES:
1. Wikipedia.
HAPPINESS IS BEING AROUND PEOPLE
WHO MAY NOT BE YOUR REAL FAMILY.
YOU DON’T HAVING TO PUT UP A FACADE.
YOU CAN BE YOURSELF.
THEY LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU ANYWAY.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
WHEN YOU START TO RECOGNISE THAT
YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE,
THAT EVERY MOMENT GONE IS UNRECOVERABLE;
YOU PROBABLY WILL SIT UP AND TAKE TIME MORE SERIOUSLY.
NOT EVERY NOTIFICATION THAT YOU RECEIVE
ON YOUR PHONE OR COMPUTER DEVICES DESERVES A REACTION FROM YOU.
WHEN YOU PAUSE BEFORE REACTING, YOU PROTECT YOUR PEACE.
YOU NEED TO SEPERATE THE MESSAGES FROM THE CHAFF, RESPONDING TO ONLY THOSE THAT YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO.
IS THIS WORTH MY ENERGY?
~ 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
IF YOU ARE MEASURING YOUR PROGRESS
AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE’S JOURNEY, THEN,
YOU ARE DISTRACTED.
WHEN YOUR SIGHT IS NOT ON YOUR GOALS,
IT IS ON DISTRACTION.
YOUR MIND WILL FIND PEACE WHEN YOU STOP.
BE CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF.
YOUR PROGRESS
SHOULD BE MEASURED AGAINST
THE GOALS
THAT YOU WOULD / SHOULD HAVE SET.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
WHEN’S A GREAT TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR LIFE?
NOW.
EVERY MOMENT OFFERS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT.
SURE, COMPETITION IS STIFF.
BESIDES COMPETING WITH PEOPLE,
YOU HAVE TO COMPETE WITH A.I. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE).
IS THERE ANY SPACE LEFT TO UPGRADE?
THERE IS.
GET OFF THE GRID OF THE NORM.
DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY DELIGHT YOU…AND OTHERS, TOO.
YOU MAY JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER…
THAT HAS YET TO BE DISCOVERED…TO THE WORLD.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
THE ONLY VALIDATION I NEED IS THE ONE I HAVE.
IT COMES FROM WITHIN.
I AM GRATEFUL
THAT I AM SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE
WHO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT ME AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE EVERY LITTLE THING THEY DO FOR ME.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
