HAPPINESS – ENDLESSLY ABUNDANT

HAPPINESS IS ENDLESSLY ABUNDANT.
SHARE HAPPINESS WITH EVERYONE.
IT NEVER DECREASES BY BEING SHARED.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

YOU’VE BEEN PUSHING…AT THE GRIND

HALF A YEAR IS ALMOST OVER.
YOU’VE BEEN PUSHING…
AT THE GRIND,
AIMING TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
THAT WERE SET FROM THE START OF THE YEAR.
RELENTLESSLY.
YOU MAY NOT SEE MUCH RESULTS
EVEN WITH ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN.

SOMETIMES,
YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK
AND TAKE A SHORT BREAK.
IT HELPS YOU SEE THINGS MORE CLEARLY,
MAYBE DO SOME MINOR TWEAKS
TO YOUR WORK METHODS AND GOALS
FOR THE NEXT HALF OF THE YEAR.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

FATHER – A PRIVILEGE AND HONOUR

An awe-amazing start of Father’s Day – with family. I remember the first day I became a father – What a privilege and honour it was then…and is still now…even more…

With family. Always the greatest!

A sparkle from the colours.

Here’s wishing my father, my brothers, brothers-in-law, all fathers in the family, and all fathers (including my classmates and schoolmates from school)

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

A RECOGNITION THAT IS WORTH IT’S RECOGNITION.

BE HUMBLE TO BE KIND

IN ORDER TO BE KIND; YOU HAVE TO BE HUMBLE.
THAT MEANS
NEVER THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
IT’S NEVER A LOSS.

IT’S ALWAYS A LESSON.
WE CAN LEARN THINGS WHEN
WE SEE FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

Bumblebee

MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT

MAKE TODAY COUNT.

BETTER STILL, MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT.

LIFE IN ITSELF, IS SO, SO WONDERFUL.
WE HAVE YET TO BEGIN TO GRASP
WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER.

SO, DECIDE TO HELP MAKE IT COUNT,
FOR OURSELVES AND
FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND US.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

OUR OWN GIFTED WAY

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

BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT

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