While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why.
- Allen Klein
Feel, Prove, Cases, Hearty
In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.
- Allen Klein
Mind, Sometimes, May, Little Time
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
- Allen Klein
Positive, Some, Always, Bleak
Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.
- Allen Klein
Week, Some, Deal, Heal
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
- Allen Klein
Country, Shock, Lives, Prolonged
Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.
- Allen Klein
Bright, Stay, Side, Cope
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Help, Very, Cope
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
- Allen Klein
Moving On, Go, Helping, Category
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.
- Allen Klein
Symbol, World Trade Center, Landmark
Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
- Allen Klein
Business, Need, May, Layoffs
Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything.
- Allen Klein
Themselves, Amuse, Almost, Almost Anything
Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.
- Allen Klein
More, Limited, Our, Frame
Now, a recent study from cardiologists at the University of Maryland, has shown that laughter may have a beneficial effect on the heart.
- Allen Klein
Study, University, May, Recent
Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
- Allen Klein
Focus, Away, Like, Sheep
I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
- Allen Klein
Adversity, Setbacks, Deal, Laugh
Laughing is also good for your respiratory system.
- Allen Klein
System, Your, Also, Laughing
The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer.
- Allen Klein
Mind, Own, Healthier, Indicate
It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
- Allen Klein
Study, Other, Still, Studies
When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.
- Allen Klein
Important, Some, Longer, Upsets
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
- Allen Klein
Changes, New, Perplexing, Problems
Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Were, Immediately, September
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.
- Allen Klein
Children, Most, Times, Remind
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
- Allen Klein
Help, Matters, Tension, Heaviest
Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Help, Product, Bond
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Goes, Like, Long Way
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
- Allen Klein
Demise, Zen, About, Situation
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
- Allen Klein
Humor, May, Able, Situation
When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.
- Allen Klein
Through, Need, Some, Lighten
Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.
- Allen Klein
Pain, Humor, Does, Diminish
Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.
- Allen Klein
See, Some, Dilemmas, Seconds
Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.
- Allen Klein
Often, Longer, Shown, Volunteer
The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.
- Allen Klein
World, Enjoyment, Here, Adult
Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Mind, Whether, Troubles
When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention.
- Allen Klein
Think, Want, About, Advertisement
To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself.
- Allen Klein
More, Than, Itself, Toy
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
- Allen Klein
Death, Dealing, Spirits, Dragged
Humor can be one of our best survival tools.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Best, Our, Survival
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
- Allen Klein
Humor, Power, Known, Throughout
It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.
- Allen Klein
Learning, Learn, Been, Visual
No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
- Allen Klein
Yourself, Enjoy, Too, Power
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