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Description:
This is a self-help book for young adults to seniors. It offers support regarding issues and feelings that we all face in life such as relationships, abandonment, spirituality, grief, frustration, hurt, anger, fear, shame, guilt, etc. The author serves it as a 'meal complete with 1) antipasto (Italian proverbs); 2) zuppa e l'insalata (soup and salad, a few contemporary ideas the author feels need to be tossed upside down like salads, or diluted like some soups); 3) pasta (the main course, short reflections and biographical sketches of how certain creative and loving people from different walks of life responded to the vicissitudes of human existence and 4) dolci (dessert, a few poems, jokes and prayers). It attests that sharing meals is a way of reconciling with others and that sitting around the table together encourages the recounting of joys, sorrows, hopes and dreams, the mutual disclosing of which heals the mind and spirit. The meal theme is borrowed from Jesus who broke bread often with people to help them restore wholeness. In sum, the book encourages those who want to change to do so, but first suggests self-acceptance since that is the quality that offers energy for personal transformation Stating his girth testifies to his good cooking, Bill Faiella likes to make and eat spaghetti, pasta va zul, and Italian pastries. For fun, he enjoys strumming a guitar, walking, playing charades and listening to rock, country and classical music. He is a Roman Catholic priest and a National Certified Counselor who holds advanced degrees in education, theology, and pastoral counseling. His professional background includes teaching, work with juvenile offenders, school administration, counseling, spiritual direction, parish work and retreat ministry. He founded Emmanuel House in Palm Desert, California as an ecumenical outreach to all people, especially those of low and no income, wanting to explore ways toward inner peace. He is currently chaplain at Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward, California. 227 pages. -- Bill Faiella -- Paperback -- 6 x 9" H
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