Jollytologist Allen Klein

A teacher of mine once told me, “To want what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” Make sure you acknowledge what you do have and I guarantee you will be happier.

Omtimes: Can one simple quotation change someone’s life?

Allen Klein: Yes, it can. I’ve received several amazing letters from readers about how one simple quotation totally changed their life. One of the most dramatic examples came from a woman who told me that when she was a teenager, she had been raped twice. She never told anyone about it for 55 years. Then she read a Dale Carnegie quotation about taking back your power in one of my books and she says, “I’ve taken my power back, and it has changed my life.” The quote was:

“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at all, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.”

Omtimes: What do you recommend people to do to change their thinking?

Allen Klein: One really powerful way to change your life, in addition to being grateful, is your intention. Once you start putting out in the world how you want you day to enfold, or what you want to happen in your life, it starts to happen. I’ve seen this over and over and over again in my life. Perhaps Goethe, the German writer, said it best when he told us that, “At the moment of commitment, the entire universe conspires to assist you.”