THINK OF IT:
MOST OF YOUR STRESS COMES FROM THE WAY YOU RESPOND TO LIFE, AND NOT THE WAY LIFE REALLY IS.
AN AREA OF CONTENTION:
CHANGE.
PEOPLE RESIST CHANGE BECAUSE THEY FOCUS ON WHAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO GAIN.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOU CAN EASILY OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLES.
DECIDE.
DO.
WHEN YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF,
YOU CREATE AN AURA AROUND YOU
THAT OTHERS WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU.
IF YOU DO MAKE MISTAKES, YOUR CONFIDENCE WILL
TURN THEM INTO LESSONS THAT
YOU CAN LEARN FROM AND GET BETTER.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN LIFE BEGINS?
IT BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU REALIZE AND DECIDE
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYONE.
THOSE WHO MIND, DON’T MATTER.
THOSE WHO MATTER WON’T MIND.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
IF THERE IS NO PATH, MAKE YOUR OWN.
MANY A TIME, WE DO NOT WALK OUR OWN PATH; INSTEAD WE FOLLOW OTHERS.
IT SEEMS EASIER TO FOLLOW OTHERS THAN TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS TO WALK OUR OWN PATHS. ALONG THE WAY, WE GET LOST. WE FIND OURSELVES MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR GOALS INSTEAD OF GETTING CLOSER.
LEARN FROM EVERYONE BUT WALK YOUR OWN PATH.
WALK / RUN YOUR OWN RACE.
FOLLOW NO ONE.
WE ARE ALL ON A JOURNEY, SO NO NEED TO COMPARE WITH OTHERS. ENJOY THE SCENERY AND EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY.
REMEMBER, IT’S THE JOURNEY, NOT THE DESTINATION THAT WILL BE MORE MEMORABLE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
MAKE THE CHOICE TO BUILD A LIFE THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO REGULARLY ESCAPE FROM.
IT WILL BE A DECISION THAT DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOUR CHOICE. THAT’S IT.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO OR DON’T DO IS BASED ON THE CHOICES YOU MAKE.
NOT YOUR AGE, NOR YOUR PARENTS OR PAST RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR JOB, THE ECONOMY, OR THE WEATHER THAT IS TO BLAME. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY DECISION AND CHOICE YOU MAKE.
PERIOD.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
YOU DON’T NEED MORE TIME.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN CRITICIZING YOURSELF FOR YEARS. THAT HASN’T WORKED.
WHY NOT TRY APPROVING OF YOURSELF BY GIVING BETTER RATINGS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU JUST NEED TO DECIDE.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
I AM KNOWLEDGABLE ENOUGH AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SMART DESIONS FOR MYSELF.
I HAVE DECIDED TO DO GOOD AND TO LIVE IN THE MOST POSITIVE AND JOYFUL WAY, EVERY DAY.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
EVERY YEAR, LIFE: SAME SCENE: MANY THINGS GO WRONG.
DON’T LIVE THE SAME YEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
DECIDE ON CHANGE.
TAKE A MOMENT TO BE THANKFUL
FOR THE MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING RIGHT.
MAKE THIS THE SAME SCENE EVERY YEAR.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
If only you knew how many amazing days are still ahead of you.
The challenge is for you to look ahead.
This is a decision you will have to make, constantly, whether they result in making either right decisions or wrong decisions.
You just have to keep going. I promise you that some of the best days of your life have yet to happen.
~ ALAN IAN ATKINSON
Writer, Author, Storyteller
