1 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication 2 Law, Alvin, 1960- Alvin’s Laws of Life: 5 Steps to Successfully Overcome Anything / Alvin Law. ISBN 0-9739450-0-1 1. Self-Actualization (Psychology). I. Title. BF637.S4L359 2005 158.1 C2005-906468-4 © 2006 Alvin Law ISBN 0-9739450-0-1 All rights reserved – no part of this book may be produced in any form, or by any means, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without permission from the publisher. Publisher AJL Communications Ltd. 273 Sunmills Drive SE Calgary, Alberta T2X 3E6 Canada
[email protected] www.alvinlaw.com Project Management and Editing Debbie Elicksen, Freelance Communications, Calgary, Alberta Design and Layout Nadien Cole Advertising, Calgary, Alberta Cover and Section Photographs Mitch B. Hippsley, Yorkton, Saskatchewan Printing Friesens, Altona, Manitoba Alvin’s Laws of Life – 1st Edition Printed and Bound in Canada Copyright 2006 Second Printing 2007 table of contents 3 Foreword 5 Alvin’s Laws of Life 7 Chapter One Imagine 8 Section I - Attitude Chapter Two History 101 14 Chapter Three Curiosity is Good For All Cats 18 Chapter Four What’s Your Box? 21 Section II - Learning Chapter Five Have Feet Will Travel 26 Chapter Six The Learning Begins 28 Chapter Seven If It Ain’t Broke…Fix It 30 Chapter Eight School…Bring It On 33 Section III - Value Chapter Nine Reality 40 Chapter Ten Everyone Has Value 49 Chapter Eleven My Symphony 54 Chapter Twelve Play Ball 57 Section IV - Imagination Chapter Thirteen Christmas in May 64 Chapter Fourteen Start Me Up 70 Chapter Fifteen Wake Up Call 74 Chapter Sixteen Change Is Good 82 Chapter Seventeen Who Let the Dog Out? 85 Chapter Eighteen Drummer Boy 90 Chapter Nineteen The Journey to Self-Acceptance 95 Section V - Never Give Up! Chapter Twenty Breakthrough 104 Chapter Twenty-one Camp Easter Seal 109 Chapter Twenty-two The Best of Both Worlds 117 Chapter Twenty-three Proof 127 Chapter Twenty-four Time for Me to Fly 134 Acknowledgements 141 About the Author 144 4 dedication For Mom and Dad: what I know is because of you.