What if I walked away from everything and started again?What would happen?I believe as human beings we are like the seasons in that we need, desire and thrive through change.If things don't change, nothing changes.

Some days… I feel like doing nothing. Today is one of those days so I will do nothing or at least it LOOKS like I’m doing nothing. Yet, I believe that doing nothing can give me everything. I also believe doing too much can lose me everything. Let me explain. You might not know this…

The Penny In the 90s a woman prayed to God for a money. She had none. She couldn’t feed her children. She couldn’t pay for anything. In fact, she prayed just for a penny because a penny is better than nothing. After her prayer, she stood up in tears and walked out of her cold,…

The writer and author, Alan Forrest Smith explains his inspirations and the ideas for writing a new Christmas story, The Little Angel And The Last Christmas. Listen below. 6 minutes to listen.

Recreating Your Life – What If What If, I walked away from everything. What would happen? How do I access my superpowers to do the things I never thought I could do before? Do I have superpowers to deliberately recreate the life I want? Listen to the conversation with the author and writer Alan Forrest…

Deliberate Recreation 1. Is there a 4th dimension in action in our daily lives? I think there is. I know there is yet for most that is uncomfortable thinking that there can be more than what we can see and hear. Yet With the wind in your face you know the wind is there but…

A Family Reshaped A happy life after divorce recovery. Yesterday I was reminded of something I now feel I might have been forgetting. Let me explain. Family can be your greatest friends. They can also become your worst enemies. Divorce forces a detachment from what was and creates a new blank screen that has to…

The Man That Couldn’t Love – Short Story AFS There’s a man that is old. The man is lonely. He is the man that couldn’t love. He had children and never loved them. He had a wife and never loved her. He had a father that he never loved. He loved his mother but his…

The photo above: this is the shed I wrote my first book in the hills of Bonny Doon, California. My dad keeps saying he wants to write a book. He told me he wants his history on paper so all of his family can know about his life and their connected history. For example, he wanted to…

Altrincham – From Dead To Deliberate Recreation In 1984 I started working in a hairdressing salon called Cliche in a town named Altrincham. I hated it. The owner named Dean was from Paris and he was nuts. Not only did he walk with a limp, have a large bolt that was always visible through tight…

The Bully & The Regime When I first moved from Scotland to England I was bullied. Not for any other reason apart from I sounded different to the English kids. My parents thought it would be a good idea for me and my brother to go Ju-Jitsu. We did and not only did I claim…

Observations Monday It’s Monday and it’s sunny thank God. After coffee, we walked over to the post office to send over a couple of parcels we sold on eBay. I admit we do sell a lot of stuff on eBay and why not. I have sold things minutes after posting on eBay. After coffee, we…

I’m drinking coffee more coffee and thinking… We woke up. The boiler is broke, the apartment is cold so it’s a coffee shop morning. Don’t get me wrong we do this everyday but today is two coffees rather than one because Thursday holds something for me I used to fight. It’s this. Thursday would always…

Notes from Italy & Beyond I mentioned some time ago I was doing an experiment. The experiment is called my deliberate recreation. The idea is to evaluate life and all things in life. Identify what doesn’t work in life and then make the changes that are needed. That doesn’t mean fixing things that can also…

The Republic Of Trump (formerly known as America) I don’t ever remember a time when one man was spoken of so negatively on a global scale. Some of it I understand. Look after America before we look after others – ‘healer heal thyself’ And it’s easy to judge the judged without them actually delivering anything.…

Is Old Age Dead? At 104 years old he works 7-days a week and loves it. Gives over 150 lectures and stands for the full 90-minutes to keep him self-strong. He believes that his daily well-being comes from feeling good and nothing more. He also stays those that live long and never overweight. He finished…

What is life? What is happiness? What is life? For some, it is collecting a vast amount of wealth. For others, it can be something as simple as finding true love. For others, it can mean taking every risk they can with their life jumping from planes, mountains and into deep rivers. Others just want…

Religion Dead Man Walking Another so-called religious attack takes place where innocents are killed. 17 dead – bang bang! Many injured – bang bang! God told me to do it – slaughter others – that’s what he said – bang bang! Days later leaders of politics and leaders of faith gather for one day or a…

This is true so be warned but learn. Kate found God (don’t go just yet it gets interesting beyond words) and announced to her family she had found him. Her life and the life of her family were about to change. Kate had grown up in a regular family yet despite them being regular they…