The following quotes were published by Beam Publishing, Australia, in 1999 in the Hardcover edition of "Yes I Am Happy Now" by Arne Klingenberg.

"You know the saying: "The best things in life are free." They truly are! Joking and laughing is free. Loving someone is free. Feeling loved by someone is free. Treasuring the beauty of nature is free. True friendship is free. Having a good time with our families is free. Thinking is free. Dreaming is free. Sleeping is free. Exercising is free. Enjoying our bodies is free.

Being creative is free. Appreciating ourselves and what we have is free. Feeling great is free, too.... Whether you're rich or poor right now, appreciate and experience all free forms of enjoyment, now and every day. It will make you a lot happier!"

"Add new and exciting spices into your life. Because if you don't, nobody else will either!"

"And remember that if you can not laugh about yourself, somebody else will... Or worse, already does!"

"So many people don't really respect themselves deep within and therefore demand to be respected by others, while not willing and able to give respect."

"To follow your intuition means to do the right thing at the right time. It is the easy way, the lazy way and yet, the smart way! Choose to listen to your heart and follow your heart. More often. Always."

"Become really happy - it is the greatest gift you can make - to yourself and your loved ones - because happiness is contagious! Just like anger, sadness or depression can spread easily, so does happiness. And ultimately your gift will benefit the whole world. You surely know this saying: Some people cause happiness wherever they go - and others whenever they go!"

"So, is the pursuit of personal happiness a selfish goal? No, because nobody can be truly happy at somebody else's expense. If you are really happy, nobody can take that away from you, hoping to increase their own. Happiness doesn't work that way. It can not be bought or sold. And you can't compete about it either..."

"It’s so easy: just focus your mind on beauty and you will see increasingly more beautiful things in your life. Decide to always enjoy your life and you will experience more joyful moments all the time!"

"Believe in your dream, it’s the currency you have to pay to make it become true."

"We can choose whether we see a rock as solid matter or as mainly empty space where super-tiny particles of energy rotate at lightning speeds. Both viewpoints are correct."

"Ideas of superiority and arrogance have no basis in reality whatsoever; they are just signs of insecurity."

"Love is the true origin behind our desire for approval, acceptance and respect. And, whether we chase - more or less desperately - all kinds of things, from money to power, from beauty to fame... yet, what we're really after, is l o v e."

"What we consider to be true may be just another opinion for somebody else. It all depends on our experiences. Our level of knowledge. Our personal interpretation of that knowledge. Our world view. Our perspectives of reality."

"Frustration and anger accumulates quietly in our sub-consciousness over a lifetime. Often we don’t even know it’s presence. It creates a sense of uneasiness and we may not know the reasons why. But deep inside, we know that all the stored anger is not good for our health and well-being. So we jump at every opportunity to vent this anger."

"So often, anger is pushed and shoved around, as if somehow that would help us. But redirecting anger at others is not the way to get rid of it. It only builds up more anger as we connect to the anger and negativity of other people. This is true even if we direct our anger at people we don’t know personally, say, somebody we see on TV…

Anger is an energy vibration with a particular frequency range. It doesn’t matter where the anger originally came from, or what caused it. And as long as we have anger over past, painful experiences and disappointments within ourselves, our anger will start to vibrate stronger when we’re in contact with another angry person – a person who is actively angry at that moment. Remember the law of induction and resonance...

In the same way, it is like a spark jumping over from an angry person, activating our own anger potential. That’s when we get agitated, too, and start to participate in a war of words, head games, or worse."

"Accept the world as it is now - and be happy - despite the many, much needed improvements. This attitude still leaves plenty of possibilities to contribute somewhere, somehow. You’re guided by your feelings within, and your life automatically produces happy results - for you, and everybody else. What will bring better results: a relaxed and happy, strong and confident person, with a bit of detachment and the mental clarity of distance - or an angry, bitter and complaining person?"

"Even when we accumulate, exchange and store justified anger, it will still have the same negative effects on our health, well-being and happiness. It's like a car that is quietly, but steadily rusting from the inside out..."

"Criticizing and blaming is always an easy game, but not a happy one! How long does it take to plan and build a house versus destroying one? Being constructive and positive requires more courage. But it is a lot more rewarding!"

"In this modern day and age, we get flooded by commercial messages of all kind. Not just by corporations, but governments and organizations of all kinds. It is a race for access to your mind. But much more is at stake than ‘merely’ your checkbook: your health and happiness can be just as affected.

If we don’t control our lives and what influences our mind and well-being, we can be sure that somebody else will - or worse, already does - where choices are made for us, but not necessarily with our best intentions in mind."

"As our sensitivity to the energies around us expands further and further, we get better and better at reading energy. It is very easy because it’s very natural - listen to your intuition, trust and follow it!

You can feel the energies of a situation, a particular environment, or message. Read the energies of people, objects, cities, states and entire countries."

"Money matters are important, unless you're a monk perhaps, but even they beg for it."

"The road to riches really starts by being content with your life and all that you have at present. Be grateful and truly appreciate what you already have at your disposal! Feel content and rich, even though you still have some unfulfilled desires."

"Let’s face it: substance abuse is something quite natural. It has been going on for thousands of years. We abuse legal or illegal drugs for different reasons. It may be a hidden death wish which leads to self-destructive behavior, or it is simply the desire to change the present reality. We may just want to relax, have fun while feeling a bit intoxicated (sometimes overdoing it), or experiencing other worlds and realities.

Whatever the reasons may be, most people like to use and abuse things. At least at some stage in their lives. That is a simple fact. Some people get addicted to sex, chocolates, alcohol, sleeping, jogging, working, watching TV. You name it. Addictions seem to be more the norm than the exception. No matter what it may be for you, don’t feel guilty about it. Ever."

"Balance bad habits by healthy habits. Love yourself throughout all dimensions, and that includes your body! Believe in yourself, and the healing powers within yourself. Concentrate on being more and more happy. And as you do, you'll increase your energy levels, and one day you'll find that you can now easily just stop and quit.

When you don't need it anymore, and you really don't want it anymore, it will just fade away from your life. For good!"

"Be kind to yourself, even if nobody has ever taught you that; it's never too late. Start now. Once you know how to be truly kind with yourself, you will know how to be truly kind with others. Once you truly feel love for yourself, you will be able to truly love others, too. Automatically."

"Invoking fears - stirring up already existing fears - are great selling tools for some companies, political parties, governments, and all kinds of religious organizations. Don’t get caught in these games – and you’ll be a lot happier!"

"Guilt causes people to believe that they should not be happy, that they don't deserve to be happy! Some are aware of it, and others are not. This is very unfortunate because it is entirely unnecessary."

"Remember, if you don't control your mind, somebody else will do it happily for you!

"We've already looked at what happens if we send angry and condemning vibes to say, a politician. What happens to us and our happiness when we connected and exchanged energy of lower frequencies. After receiving such 'bad' vibes that person is less likely to be able to do much good or make the right decisions. Because it is degrading, rather than uplifting. If you expect a person to be a bad person and do bad things, is that person more or less likely to behave that way than if you don’t?

Whenever we send pure love, it will have only beneficial effects on that person. Chances are much better that beneficial decisions will be made, benefiting all of us. Real love is not intrusive or manipulative ever. When you want a plant to grow faster, it would obviously be wrong to just pull it from the top. It would become uprooted and die.

The only way to go is to give the plant the proper amount of water, nutrients and light."

"The calmer your mind becomes, the sharper and stronger it will be. All crystal-clear, and powerful. In the beginning, the cluttered mind is not really able to recognize this reality. In this state, we send out a lot of conflicting signals to the universe, often resulting in unpleasant results."

"Know that you deserve to be happy. Feel that you deserve to be healthy. Appreciate that you deserve to be wealthy. And so does everybody else!"

Arne Klingenberg is the author of www.The-Happy-Side.com and the daily motivational series And The Happy Rabbit Says...

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