IT’S IN THE LITTLE THINGS

OKAY YOU’VE BEEN USING THE “WORRY” TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU WORRY JUST ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT.
AND THE RESULT FROM ALL THIS “WORRYING” IS…..?
NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT…OR NO IMPROVEMENT AT ALL.

TRY THIS:
LET GO OF YOUR WORRIES.
SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THIS DIFFICULT BECAUSE WORRYING HAS BECOME A CRUTCH FOR THEM.
BUT JUST LET THE WORRIES GO.
DON’T LET THE STRESS OF THE DAY OVERTAKE YOU.
YES,
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO CONTROL IT.

INSTEAD,
APPROACH EACH MOMENT WITH A SMILE.
START WITH GIVING YOURSELF A SMILE FIRST.
IT’S IN THE LITTLE THINGS.

SEE WHAT JOY EACH DAY HAS TO BRING.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

NEVER LET ANY SNAKE BITE YOU

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

BE CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF

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

THE ARMOUR YOU WEAR

YOU HAVE TO CONQUER YOUR EMOTIONS
TO HAVE A STRONG MIND.

YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE WITH A STRONG MIND.

WITH A STRONG MIND, YOU CAN HAVE FAITH WHICH IS COURAGE.

COURAGE IS THE ARMOUR YOU WEAR TO KEEP WALKING… EVEN WHEN YOU CANNOT YET SEE WHERE THE PATH WILL LEAD YOU.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author Storyteller

MANY DESTINATIONS

LIFE IS ABOUT MANY DESTINATIONS.
MOST OF THE TIME,
WE WILL FOCUS ON THE DESTINATION, REACHING IT.

AND, MANY OF THOSE TIMES;
WE FORGET THE JOURNEYS,
THE ONES WE USED TO GET TO OUR DESTINATIONS.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller

PERFECT IN THE PRESENT

LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS PERFECT.
PERFECT – WE COME TO A CONCLUSION AFTER A MOMENT… TIME.. AN EVENT HAS PASSED.
THEN, WE MAKE JUDGEMENT.

IF IT WENT WELL ACCORDING TO OUR PLAN, IN OUR FAVOUR AND SOMETIMES NOT AS PLANNED BUT WORKED FOR US; THAT IS WHAT WE USUALLY WOULD DEEM AS “PERFECT”.

HOWEVER, IF IT IS NOT IN OUR FAVOUR, THEN IT IS NOT PERFECT.

EXPERIMENT WITH OUR FUTURE SELF, THAT IS,
FROM THE NEXT MOMENT AHEAD;
THAT WE START AS “PERFECT”.

INSTEAD OF BASING “PERFECT” ON THE PAST,
WE START WITH IT IN THE PRESENT.

~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller