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    The Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier Every Day of the Year
    The Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier Every Day of the Year
    The Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier Every Day of the Year
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    The Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier Every Day of the Year

    By Allen Klein

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    Allen Klein is a motivational speaker and author who believes strongly in the way words can influence how we feel mentally, physically, and spiritually. In this day of tweeting, texting, cyberspeak and the non-language of E-mail, the written and spoken word has the power to touch our hearts and lift our spirit that is extraordinary. In this The Art of Living Joyfully, Jollytologist Allen Klein presents a compendium of advice and plain common sense comprising a guide to good cheer. This wonderful collection of quips, quotes and instruction comes from a variety of people and from all eras of history. Dividing the books thematically, covering such topics as Friendship, Laughter, Beauty, Nature, Faith, and more, this is a book to cherish for oneself and to give as a heartfelt gift. HENRY DAVID THOREAU on Friendship: "The most I can for my friend is simply to be his friend," WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE on Laughter: "A light heart lives long." RALPH WALDO EMERSON on Happiness: "Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself." SOPHOCLES on Love: "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." MARTIN LUTHER on Nature: "Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime." From yesteryear to yesterday to today; from the famous to the little known; on subjects that touch our lives every day in every way, the selection of quotes in THE ART OF LIVING JOYFULLY offers insight and inspiration to help you and those you care about feel good about themselves and life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherViva Editions
    Release dateOct 9, 2012
    ISBN9781936740284
    The Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier Every Day of the Year
    Author

    Allen Klein

    Allen Klein is an award-winning professional speaker and author. His books Quotations to Cheer You Up When the World is Getting You Down and The Lift Your Spirits Quote Book have sold over 500,000 copies. He lives in San Francisco.

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      The Art of Living Joyfully - Allen Klein

      the art of

      living joyfully

      how to be happier

      every day of the year

      COMPILED BY

      ALLEN KLEIN

      FOREWORD BY

      SARK

      Copyright © 2012 by Allen Klein.

      All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in newspaper, magazine, radio, or television reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Published in the United States by Viva Editions, an imprint of Cleis Press, Inc., 2246 Sixth Street, Berkeley, California 94710.

      Cover design: Scott Idleman/Blink

      Cover photograph: Sami Sarkis/Getty Images

      Text design: Frank Wiedemann

      First Edition.

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      E-book ISBN: 978-1-936740-28-4

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      The art of living joyfully / compiled by Allen Klein.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      1. Joy. 2. Self-actualization (Psychology) I. Klein, Allen.

      BF575.H27.A77 2012

      081--dc23

      2012023630

      For my mother-in-law Betty,

      who has always

      kept her spirits high.

      CONTENTS

      FOREWORD

      INTRODUCTION

      A

      APPLAUSE

      ARTS

      art • dance • music • poetry

      B

      BEAUTY

      C

      CREATIVITY

      F

      FAMILY

      babies • children • parents • grandparents

      FRIENDSHIP

      H

      HEART

      L

      LIGHTEN UP

      cheerfulness • happiness • humor • joy • laughter • play • smiles

      LOVE

      N

      NATURE

      flowers • gardens • weather

      NEW DAY

      P

      PETS

      cats • dogs

      PEACE

      POSITIVE THOUGHTS

      S

      SPIRITUALITY

      faith • god • prayer • soul

      W

      WEALTH

      INDEX TO AUTHORS

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Foreword

      I am always looking for ideas that help people enrich their lives. This book does just that. I highly recommend you read it and embrace its wise, and sometimes witty, words. They will feed your soul, lift your spirits, and help you live a fuller, richer, and more joy-filled life.

      SARK

      (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy)

      Founder and CEO of PlanetSARK

      INTRODUCTION

      Psychoneuroimmunology is a long word with a short, simple concept. It means that the body, mind and spirit are interconnected. In other words, your mind can influence your body. What you think affects how you feel. Of course, what you think consists mainly of words—and those words have the power to drag you down or lift you up.

      The quotations in this book were all selected to help you experience the latter. To get the full effect, try posting a few where you see them regularly. Add one a day to the screen-saver on your computer, put one at the end of your emails, or email one daily to someone whose spirit needs a lift.

      It almost doesn’t matter how you use these quotes. The important thing is that you use them on a regular basis. If you do, they can help keep your spirits high so that you will be mentally, physically and spiritually healthier.

      Allen Klein

      San Francisco

      A powerful agent is the right word.

      MARK TWAIN

      A

      APPLAUSE

      ARTS

      Applause

      When someone does something well, applaud!

      You will make two people happy.

      SAMUEL GOLDWYN

      He who praises another enriches himself far more than

      he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in

      happiness. The poorest human being

      has something to give that the richest could not buy.

      GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

      The way to develop the best that is in a man

      is by appreciation and encouragement.

      CHARLES SCHWAB

      The applause of a single human being

      is of great consequence.

      SAMUEL JOHNSON

      Most people like praise. . . . When it is really deserved,

      most people expand under it into richer

      and better selves.

      JOSEPH FARRELL

      A little praise Goes a great ways.

      RALPH WALDO EMERSON

      The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

      XENOPHON

      Down deep we really know our worth,

      but we don’t have easy access

      to that knowledge.

      We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves

      or we won’t remember that we deserve it.

      BARBARA SHER

      Find the good—and praise it.

      ALEX HALEY

      Every day, tell at least one person something

      you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

      RICHARD CARLSON

      Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

      CHRISTIAN BOVEE

      Arts

      art • dance • music • poetry

      Art is much less important than life,

      but what a poor life without it.

      ROBERT MOTHERWELL

      Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

      PABLO PICASSO

      Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the

      world unbearable.

      GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

      Art is a staple,

      like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter.

      Man’s spirit grows hungry for art in the same way

      his stomach growls for food.

      IRVING STONE

      The object of art is to give life a shape.

      JEAN ANOUILH

      The artist has a special task and duty;

      the task of reminding men

      of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.

      LEWIS MUMFORD

      Each of us is an artist, capable of conceiving

      and creating a vision from the depths of our being.

      DOROTHY FADIMAN

      All that is good in art is the expression of one soul

      talking to another;

      and is precious according to the greatness of the soul

      that utters it.

      JOHN RUSKIN

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