Here are the comments I sent to a recent client:
How are you, Wonderful Human Being? I am sorry this is late.
Please do this, as a fist step in helping yourself, and in helping me help you;
1. Please look at the questions on my profile page and answer them for me. This will help you think and feel more, about your situation, and it will give me insight into you and your boyfriend.
2. Please try meditating. It is a very simple method of attaining inner piece, AND answers. It will calm your mind, help you feel and think more clearly, and give you ideas as to what to do or not to do.
3. Don’t worry about your boyfriend being on FB. And if you don’t like his drinking so much, tell him, lovingly, peacefully, and without blame. If he gets abusive, tell him you must take leave of him, go for a walk or see a friend, and tell him you will see him later and not to worry.
4. Be the best person you can be, by changing bad habits of your own. If you have trouble with this, the meditation will help. Meditation brings mindfulness, which helps us see more what we are really doing, moment to moment. It makes us better human beings, since mindfulness keeps us from acting more like the human beings we can be, and less like the animals we are. If the meditation is not enough, try reading some Anthony Robbins, like Release The Giant Within. There are other great book titles on my profile page.
5. Remember that we have all been programed by the negative and positive comments spoken to us by our parents and teachers; guardians and friends-and we have to escape this and realize we are changeable. If we cannot change, we are not human. You can be anything you want (within reason), and are not defined by other peoples’ compliments or derision.
Let me know what you think.
SIncerely wishing you Peace, Love, and Joy,
Carlo Atteniese
http://carlatteniese.com
My twitter is carlatteniese
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Thank you for reading. I hope this finds you exceedingly well.
I was born in Brooklyn, in the middle of the NASA Gemini space Program era--which was on course for the Apollo program, aiming to land men on the moon. I watched Neil Armstrong make humanity's first step on the lunar surface. The space program left a lasting effect on me and inspired life-long interest and passion in me.
I was born a little more than 2 years after President John Kennedy was assassinated and a few years before Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. It was a time of tumult, but better manners, a gentler approach to one another (despite the prejudice being worked on by progressives-) little political correctness, no cancel culture and thicker skin & more opportunity for laughs, a time of fantastic television, austere and fact-based news delivered with brevity and sobriety and much superlatively stylish design. It was the beginning of Star Trek, Star Wars, and a few years on, personal computers, digital watches, hand-held electronic games and movies were still in theaters--not on our TVs--unless they were a little old. People paid more attention to books, from where trust is built with credibility we intrinsically see, competency earned and reflected and facts & expertise. One reason I am not apt to dabble in irrational conspiracy theories is I made many a trek to the local library, to read about stars, planets and astronauts, and to the local bookstore--no longer there--to find my favorite science fiction novels--to either read, or simply marvel at their covers, by Boris Valejo and Frank Frazetta--inspirations that would fuel my later entry into the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
I grew up in Long Island, worked and was educated there until I discovered New York City, then it was on to Boulder Colorado, The Mojave Desert, South Korea and now Japan. I have visited Mongolia, the Philippines, and England and hope to see the rest of the world--and maybe even beyond it.
I teach English as a Second Language, practice secular Buddhism and pay attention to philosophy, astronomy, spaceflight, aviation and human & species rights. I make art, poems and photography--and real friends, wherever I go--when I can.
Maybe our paths will cross; until then, enjoy my writing and pictures, and send me a note. Maybe we can have a cup of coffee someday, somewhere.
Thank you for reading.
I wish you love, peace, joy and enlightenment--sincerely--because you are sentient, and you suffer, too.
Carl Atteniese
Tokyo
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