Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times: A Renew-Your-Spirit Guide
By Allen Klein and Heidi Hanna
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If you like Brave Enough, Eat, Pray, Love, or Brené Brown, you’ll love Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times.
Better for Your Spirit: Rarely before in history has the United States—and the world at large—been so divided. With each new tweet, falsehood, or upsetting news headline, the things we once took for granted and believed in have become upended and, in the process, have crushed our spirit. The inspired ideas and power thoughts in Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times will provide you with hope, a renewed spirit, and a new perspective for viewing our worrisome times.
Breathe Deeply Again: Author Allen Klein, the world’s only “jollytologist,” knows how the right thought at the right time can change your day for the better. In Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times, he offers a lifetime of positive change. Go back to living one day at a time with this inspirational guide.
Meaningful Mantras for Meditation:Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times will provide you with succinct ideas to help you rise above present-day frustrations, hurts, and worries. Meditate on these positive thoughts to improve all aspects of your life in these difficult times. Some of the categories covered include:
· Change
· Choices
· Fear
· Hope
· Love
· Positivity
· Never giving up
· Staying strong
“A read that will help you to feel more balanced and can act as a bit of a lifeline no matter what is happening around you.” —The Nerdy Girl Express
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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Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times - Allen Klein
Praise for Allen Klein and His Books
I have come to know that sometimes the simplest words can make a major difference in how people perceive and interact with their world. This book can make that same difference to you.
—Jack Canfield,
coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Allen Klein is a noble and vital force watching over the human condition.
—Jerry Lewis,
actor/comedian
I am always looking for ideas that help people enrich their lives. This book does just that. I highly recommend you read it…it will feed your soul, lift your spirits, and help you live a fuller, richer, and more joy-filled life.
—SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy),
author of Living Juicy
Allen Klein’s purpose is to make us feel inspired again, to bask in laughter and revel in joy.
—OMTimes
Allen’s collection is a great place to find some never-before-seen quotes that will make your communication more intriguing. Read it and reap.
—Sam Horn,
author of POP!: Create the Perfect Pitch, Title, and Tagline for Anything
Words to live by are just words, unless you actually live by them. Take these words and love them—take these words and LIVE them!
—BJ Gallagher,
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Let Allen inspire you and help you embrace and celebrate the joy in your life and in the life that surrounds you.
—Carole Brody Fleet,
author of Happily Even After
As marketable as the text is for gift-giving, it’s also a great idea to keep your own copy for lonely times. Flipping through it at the beginning or end of each day can give you a little boost.
—Psych Central
This book will wake you up and show you how this day may truly be the best day of your life.
—Kristine Carlson,
coauthor of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series
This powerful collection of quotes serves as a great reminder of simple truths and timeless wisdom that can alter our lives in a profound way. This book is guaranteed to inspire all who read it.
—Mike Robbins,
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Positive Thoughts
for Troubling Times
Also by Allen Klein:
Embracing Life After Loss
You Can’t Ruin My Day
The Art of Living Joyfully
Change Your Life!
Having the Time of Your Life
Always Look on the Bright Side
Words of Love
Inspiration for a Lifetime
The Healing Power of Humor
The Courage to Laugh
Secrets Kids Know…That Adults Oughta Learn
L.A.U.G.H.: Using Humor and Play to Help Clients Cope
Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times
A Renew-Your-Spirit Guide
Allen Klein
Best-selling author of
The Healing Power of Humor
Foreword by Heidi Hanna, PhD
Author of Stressaholic and executive director
of the American Institute of Stress
Mango Publishing
Coral Gables
Copyright © 2019 Allen Klein.
Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.
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Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times: A Renew-Your-Spirit Guide
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication number: 2019932089
ISBN: (print) 978-1-63353-956-3, (ebook) 978-1-63353-957-0
BISAC category code: REF019000 REFERENCE / Quotations
Printed in the United States of America
For all those who are peacemakers in the world,
All those who work to right wrongs,
And those who are going through their own troubling times.
Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success, and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results.
—Germany Kent
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
A Matter of Choice
Believe in Yourself
Change the World
Cultivate Compassion
Dare to Dream
Have Hope
Learn to Forgive
Let It Go
Lighten Up
Make Lemonade
Never Give Up
Practice Appreciation
Put It in Perspective
Seek Silence, Find Peace
Seize the Day
Take Courage
Trust Your Higher Power
Closing Thought
About the Author
Foreword
When Allen asked if I would be willing to share some words to introduce his next literary creation, I jumped at the chance to contribute. In fact, I started writing the foreword by going on and on about how inspiring and entertaining Allen’s words were, and how he was once again revolutionizing the way we look at the world. That was long before I realized it was mainly a collection of quotes from other people. Then, with a massive smile and an internal giggle, I realized that he had once again found a new way to sneak some serious delight into my day.
Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times is special and needed, considering the fact that the words we use and the thoughts we think literally shape our experience of the world. As a stress expert, and as someone who’s pretty good at stressing myself, I’ve seen firsthand the damage done by the wrong kind of inner dialogue.
Despite more knowledge about stress—both its causes and its comforts—we’ve never been more in need of a cure. Research suggests that 75–90 percent of medical visits are stress-related. We are tired and wired and in need of a new direction—which is where Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times comes in.
Fortunately for us all, Allen Klein has stepped up to