Philosophy and Revelations Blog of Alan Forrest Smith

Free Life Lectures

I feel slightly nervous about writing today’s post. As you read it you’ll quickly understand why. It just feels like the right time to send it out, now, today, this very morning. There is NO selling. No profit to be made here. Please accept this email as it reads. For the past few years in…

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Lying Stinking Truth

Lying Stinking Truth “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth as long as you don’t discover I’m lying again” politicians are such morons. They allow us to be led by mis-truths, half truths and blatant lies. Isn’t it time for a change? Okay, lets be frank here. In the past there have been…

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Ugly Beauty

by Alan Forrest Smith In the third row of a store near where I live there is an aisle that is always packed with young ladies. Young ones, old ones and middle ones. Ugly ladies, gorgeous ones. They are all there. Have you ever seen or heard of ugly beauty? Well in the store near…

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The Waiting Man

By Alan Forrest Smith I know this guy. He could be incredible, he isn’t. He could do more, he doesn’t. He could create and enjoy, he won’t. Here’s an actual scenario I see this guy in. When he wakes around 10am, he will eat his food and watch some TV By 11am he has become…

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Vainglory Stuff

How can you be what you own? You know – “I am what you see, this is me I have made it” Not possible right, how can it be. I know this guy. He WAS worth millions… stacks of cash. He drove a top of the range cars of almost every kind. He had the…

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Cheerless Valentine

Cheerless Valentine By Alan Forrest Smith There was a point in The Trueman Show movie when the main character Trueman realized all wasn’t quite what it seemed. Do you remember? He was driving his car and at one point realized that everything appeared to be on a time piece. So at 3:24pm each day someone…

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Classified Conformist

——————————— Are You a Classified Conformist? ——————————– By Alan Forrest Smith This is a story you can discover from. Please read! The bus was packed. It was peak time after work had ended. There wasn’t a seat remaining. As some stood holding tightly to the rail one passenger demanded to another that she get off…

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Cynical Old Fart

Barak Obama … Is he right? Will he be the savior of the USA and the Planet? Is he just another dressed up, polished over voice coming to a TV screen near you? I have no idea. But there is a lesson here. As I write I face another birthday soon No. 46 in fact.…

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Spoon-Fed Selfdom

Spoon-Fed Selfdom Is your world being run by spoon-fed egos, spoilt brats, selfish untouchables? This is a bit of a rant but I hope you agree. I hope you can see my sense here. I hope you feel like taking action at some point. This is also about you. Your money. Your life. You’ll soon…

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Recession Anarchist

Recession Anarchist By Alan Forrest Smith This is a true story of an entrepreneur hairdresser that beat the last recession! The bank manager wouldn’t lend me a penny despite the fact I had a plan! Okay it wasn’t quite a plan, in fact it was a fill-in-the-blanks ‘thing’ that I bought from a business consulting…

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PersuasYouthology

PersuasYouthology By Alan Forrest Smith I have 4 kids. I love them all to bits. One verges on genius and is an artist but he can’t see it. The other is a gentle giant packed and overflowing with love. The other is a punk and looks like he has just been with his band. The…

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Lived to Death

Lived to Death By Alan Forrest Smith Julie is dead. She lived herself to death. She was murdered by advertising. She looked gorgeous I mean really drop dead stunning. Her hair was thick, long, red with beautiful Irish curls and would spring up and down and she walked along the street. In most peoples eyes…

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New Years Revolution

Sam is like most people. Sam might remind you of YOU? It’s new year’s eve 2007 in the most beautifully strong country on Earth … Scotland. The time; 11:47pm. Only a few hours ago Sam had revealed his ‘resolve’ or resolutions for the coming new year. Out with the old ways, in with the new.…

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Invisible Christmas Man

Invisible Christmas Man I have this photograph of me as a kid on Christmas morning. It’s around 5am on December 25th. I am kneeling down opening gifts from my mum and dad by the side of our tree. The photo is interesting. It’s the 1970’s, mum and dad’s house is all orange and brown swirly…

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Born Thug?

Do You Suffer From Being a Born Thug? You need to know, it could affect your future. I love Louis Theroux. His style of the ‘anti’ interview always has me compelled to watch and listen and hang on to almost every single word. His latest documentary was based on the streets of West Philadelphia. Just…

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