“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
Klein,
who celebrates his 79th birthday this week, is an American humorist,
author and lecturer whose writings focus on the stress relieving benefits of
humor. His work in that field has not
only resulted in myriad writings and 5 books but also his election as one-time president
of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, which awarded him its
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
Among
his books on the effectiveness of therapeutic humor is the best seller The Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope, and
Healing in the Face of Death and Dying.
He also has edited numerous “happy” books of quotations, including the
wonderful Always Look on the Bright Side.
The term Eternal Optimist probably would not
be a stretch in describing Klein 
and the words he likes to share. “The lesson adults can learn (from using
humor),” he said, “is that the world is
filled with things for our enjoyment.”
and the words he likes to share. “The lesson adults can learn (from using
humor),” he said, “is that the world is
filled with things for our enjoyment.”
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