…At Last!
And this year, it’s posted before WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY! 🙂
For those who don’t know, My Christmas Card traditionally arrives sometime in January or February, but has always made it out before Easter Sunday! After so many years, it has become somewhat of a Lovely Tradition!
I think of it as one way of Celebrating the Values of Christmas the Whole Year through!
As we get deeper into Winter, reminders of Kindness, Generosity, Love, Peace on Earth and Good Will toward Everyone are generally Welcome and Appreciated.
I hope that this story can be that for you.
And So, here even in the middle of February, I offer you my Christmas Card.
Feel free to curl up with a Mug of Hot Cacao, or your favorite Tea, and Enjoy!
Sent to you with Love and Wishing You all the Bountiful Blessings of Winter…
All posts in category Journey
Christmas Card 2015
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on February 20, 2016
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/02/20/christmas-card-2015/
Call to Joy
“God placed in the mind the call to Joy.
This call is so strong that the ego always dissolves at its sound.”
— T, 69. The Course in Miracles
What is your Call to JOY?
Is it to Write?
To Sing?
To play some Musical Instrument?
Is it to Paint?
To Garden?
To go for a Walk?
Is it to enjoy an evening with Friends?
To see Theater?
To bring a child to see a Movie?
To build a Snowman?
To build a treasured Memory?
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 31, 2016
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/01/31/call-to-joy/
The State of Me
I Believe in the Power of Words.
The Quote, attributed to many, goes:
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
A Few Nights ago, the President of the United States, BARACK OBAMA, gave his Final State of the Union Address.
I began to think about the Words he spoke,
and wondered if much of it could be applied to ourselves as Individuals,
And if each of us were Kind and Nurturing to Ourselves,
How that would affect the Country, and the World, as a Whole.
GHANDI said, “If you want Peace, Be Peaceful.”
(more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 15, 2016
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/01/15/the-state-of-me/
Onions
Onions are SO FREAKIN’ DELICIOUS!
Cut ‘em up and fry ‘em in a pan with a little bit of oil.
That’s all you have to do.
Ever watch Onions Cook?
They start out So Big and Robust — Raw and Hardy Vegetable Chunks.
They’re Beautiful.
And they make you Cry.
Then, the Heat gets to them.
They separate into thin strips.
They start to sweat.
It looks like things are gonna’ be pretty bad for the Onion.
Sautee’ ‘em a Bit.
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 22, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/11/22/onions/
Post Number One Hundred
Facing the Blank Page
This is my One-Hundredth Blog Post.
One Hundred Musings,
Explorations,
Journeys,
Wonders,
Political Rants,
and Heartfelt Offerings.
As I start to write this, sitting in an airport,
a family with two screaming wailing children comes and sits right next to me.
I write anyway.
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 5, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/11/05/post-number-one-hundred/
Small Leaves of Basil
Earlier this Summer,
I planted a Basil Plant in my Kitchen Window.
I wanted a Rich and Robust Verdant Plant with Opulent Flavorful Leaves of Basil, like the kind you find in the Italian Markets at the Peak of Season.
I was wrapped in Glad Expectancy!
But that didn’t happen.
Instead, I got a long kinda’ scrawny, spindly plant with very small and thin pale green leaves.
And although it wasn’t what I was hoping for,
It is still a Miracle.
I stop and Count the Miracles.
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 19, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/09/19/small-leaves-of-basil/
The Body Beautiful
This Model, pictured at right, doctored up to look freakishly thin for the Magazine Cover. What? She wasn’t Gorgeous ENOUGH???
Wow!
With all of the things I have posted about and all of the Controversial Topics I have touched upon, this last post seems to have set off the most negative response.
I asked my HairDresser about it.
I told her that I had written a post about our Ability to see ourselves and our bodies as Beautiful, even as we Age.
She is an Absolutely Beautiful Korean-American Woman,
and the Best HairDresser in Show Business!
She stopped what she was doing,
Stood,
And Glared at me.
Then she spoke, “You’re on your own with that one.”
She shook her head and lamented, “Bodies…”
How has the Media been So Successful in Making us Feel that our Bodies are “Less Than?”
(more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on August 23, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/08/23/the-body-beautiful/
Commencement
My Partner and I have Seven Young Graduates in our Lives this Year — GodChildren, Nieces, Friends… Graduating Different Levels of Schooling,
Beginning a New Phase of their Life Adventures.
This piece is for them.
And for All of Us who would like to Commence a New Life Adventure… a New Phase of an Old Project… a Way to Begin or Begin Again… A Fresh Start,
Today…
“Commencement”
The Word means “Beginning!”
This is the MOST EXCITING TIME OF YOUR LIFE!
You can Do Anything!
Now is the Time
Before Marriage
Before Mortgages
Before things to pay for, fix , and feed…
You are Free!
BackPack through Europe.
Try an OutDoor Adventure — IceLand, The Artic, The Dakotas…
Experience Africa and Asia and the Galapagos Islands…
Intern with a Favorite Theater Company or Art Project or Doctors Without Borders
Dance!
Dream Big. (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on June 14, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/06/14/commencement/
Twelfth Day of Christmas
Drummers Drumming… Pipers Piping… Lords a Leaping…
Dancing… Milking… Swimming…Laying…
It has been Quite a Season!
And this is Twelfth Night
(as SHAKESPEARE put it, “or What You Will”)
EPIPHANY
“Little Christmas”
THREE KINGS DAY (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 7, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/01/07/twelfth-day-of-christmas/
Ordinary Days
Ordinary Days
Messy and Clunky
And with So Many things needing to be worked out
Who can tell
Where we are heading or What we would like or When it will all be Fixed??
In the final Act of THORNTON WILDER’s OUR TOWN, Emily asks, ”Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it every, every minute?” (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 2, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/11/02/ordinary-days/
Live The Questions Now 