Chapter 17
THE BEGINNINGS
I was born in Italy in 1951. When I was eighteen and a half years of age, after completing high school, I emigrated to Canada. Growing up in Italy was a journey equivalent to many lifetimes of growth and I came away empowered in all ways:
Trust in the eternal infinite God
Unshakeable desire
Trust in perseverance
Never, never quit
I had the readiness and willingness to go all the way, anytime, anywhere to manifest my truth and my knowing - the gentle inextinguishable, uncleavable, immutable flame inside me, illuminating the home path amid the noise and haste.
My father's indefatigable work ethics instilled in me vision and courage, for my gift was the knowing that my potential was always the highest and the most Herculean mountain. My father's reward for the work he did was not what he got from it, but what he became by it. My mother's creativity and connectedness showed me lightness, ease, potentialities and possibilities. My grandmother Faustina (my mother's mother) showed me her miracle-filled mind, and she showed me God's love, the essence of all things.