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…
