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John Steinbeck and Advice on Love to his son, Tom

Cindi Sansone-Braff — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:42:40 +0000

My client, Barbara, sent this to me yesterday. I want to thank her for sharing this and just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Nobel laureate John Steinbeck (1902-1968) might be best-known as the author of East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men, but he was also a prolific letter-writer. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters constructs an alternative biography of the iconic author through some 850 of his most thoughtful, witty, honest, opinionated, vulnerable, and revealing letters to family, friends, his editor, and a circle of equally well-known and influential public figures.
Among his correspondence is this beautiful response to his eldest son Thom’s 1958 letter, in which the teenage boy confesses to have fallen desperately in love with a girl named Susan while at boarding school. Steinbeck’s words of wisdom—tender, optimistic, timeless, infinitely sagacious—should be etched onto the heart and mind of every living, breathing human being.

New York
November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Long Island’s Best Psychic for 2012 — Cindi Sansone-Braff

Cindi Sansone-Braff — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:17:25 +0000

Thanks for Naming Me Best Psychic 2012

I want to thank all of you for voting for me for Best Psychic 2012. This makes it three years in a row, proving one thing — I have the best clients in the universe!

Happy 2012. May God bless you with love, abundance, health, and most of all — peace.

Long Island Medium/Psychic on Cablevision

Cindi Sansone-Braff — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:40:11 +0000



Long Island Psychic/Medium at the Single’s Cafe
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:37:22 +0000
Please join me tomorrow night, November 10, 2011, at the Middle Country Public Library for their Single’s Cafe event.  I will be doing a lecture called Manifesting and Keeping a Soul Mate Relationship.   Afterwards I will select a few people to do a psychic reading for. 

This event is a great place to meet other love-minded people.  You can make some new friends, or if it is in the stars, meet your Soul Mate there!
The event is free and starts at 7pm EST.  The address is: 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, NY 11720.  This is a great event where singles mingle and have fun!  This is an alternative for singles looking for a place to meet people, and the programs address the needs of single people who are either looking for relationships or wanting to fully enjoy their singleness.
For additional information call: 631-585-9393, ext. 288.
Hope to see you there!



Long Island Medium: What I’ve Learned from Talking to the Dead
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:49:22 +0000
As a medium, I have learned a great deal from talking to the dead.  Mainly, they are anxious to tell us that they love us.  Sometimes, they need to ask for forgiveness.  They also wish to teach us about the afterlife, and to reassure us that love never dies.
There are times that delivering these messages is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.  When people have died unexpectedly, they may have a lot of regrets that they didn’t take care of things — maybe they had no life insurance, no will, or perhaps the paperwork of their lives wasn’t in order, and because of this, the living go through hell as they have to try and clean up the mess.
Those who have crossed over often tell the living, to stop making a saint out of them.  They like to be remembered truthfully — the good, the bad, and the ugly of them.  They don’t like it when we keep their things and their rooms just as they were, creating a shrine to them.  They like to have their things given away to those who will use and enjoy them.  You can’t take it with you, but if those you love are enjoying your boat, car, or jewelry, or whatever items, the dead get to see us, and they take pleasure in our happiness.
If those who have crossed over have left us money, and that money allows us to take a vacation or buy a home or just take it a little easier, cosmic love and smiles abound from the dearly departed.
They like when we get their signs of love and they send these signs all the time.  When we hear a song they loved or spot a license plate with their name on it just at the moment when we were thinking of them, they know we hear them.  They like us to know that death ends a life, but not a relationship.
Our deceased loved ones want us to be happy.  When we mourn, they are sad.  When we are at peace, they are at peace.
Learning never stops.  In spirit, they are learning and growing, and they wish to share this knowledge with us.
On this Halloween Night, try and see if you can get messages of love from the other side.  Know they are near.
Happy Halloween!
Cindi



Buddy’s Gift — A Father Talks to his Son from the Grave
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:08:24 +0000
This Saturday, I have been invited to see a play, Buddy’s Gift, by Jack Simmons. As a playwright myself, and being a medium as well, I can’t wait to see this play which Jack wrote after he began to get messages from his deceased father.
This one man play, is really more of a two man play, since a major part of the tale deals with the afterlilfe experiences where Buddy contacts the family from beyond, and one gets the eerie sense that Jack is not alone — that Buddy is somewhere near, guiding the course of the play.
Jack Simmons has been performing stand-up comedy for twenty-five years. His television appearances include HBO, Showtime, VH1 and Star Search.
The play is being performed at the Hellenic Restaurant, 5145 Main Road, East Marion, New York. The show is being performed on October 29, November 6, 12, and 13th. There are complementary appetizers, soda, and a cash bar from 6pm to 7pm. The performances start at 7:15pm. Tickets are $30.
For more information call: 631-477-0138 or check out their web site:www.TheHellenic.com.
Hope to see you there!
Cindi



Long Island Medium — Paranormal Activity 3
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:29:27 +0000

I have been a medium for over sixteen years, and I have yet to see something that scared the hell out of me.  Why do all movies dealing with the supernatural make people think -- Don't try this at home?



Long Island Medium — Death Ends a Life, but Not a Relationship
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:19:46 +0000
I am so pleased to let you know that I will be at the New York Witch Festival this Saturday, October 29, 2011 to give psychic readings and to give messages from the other side.
I will also be giving a lecture on How to Manifest and Keep a Soul Mate Relationship.  I hope you can join me for this entertaining and enlightening program.  Here you’ll learn why people’s fear of dying keeps them from loving, and why death ends a life, but certainly not a relationship.
The festival lasts from 9am to 5pm EST and is being held at the Sheraton Long Island Hotel Grand Ballroom, 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Smithtown, NY. 
Hope to see you there!



“Grant Me a Higher Love” Hits the Lucky 13th Spot
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:54:41 +0000
I am happy to announce that my book, Grant Me a Higher Love,  has now reached the Lucky 13th spot on Amazon’s list of the top one hundred books in the New Age/Channeling category.
I want to thank all of you for making this happen!
Have a great Columbus Day!



Cindi Sansone-Braff Reading from Her Book, “Grant Me a Higher Love”
Cindi Sansone-Braff — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:55:12 +0000