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Touching God for the First Time

Dad, during his Gymnastics Days

My Dad passed away Five Years ago this Morning.
My Mother and I were with him.
He was Ninety Years Old.

During his battle with Cancer, he chose Home Hospice Care.
We took care of him.
One of those things that you can in no way be prepared for,
But as the Universal Prayer goes,
“Dear God, Please turn me into someone who can do this!”

On the day he died, I sent this Letter to my Nephews and Niece.
Today, in memoriam, I am posting it here:
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by Arnold J. Mungioli on July 24, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Journey, Legacy, Miracles

Tagged A Visit from someone whose passed on before you die, Arnold J Mungioli Sr., Dying, Helping Someone Die, Home Hospice Care, What happens when someone dies

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on July 24, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/07/24/touching-god-for-the-first-time/

Abbondanza

ABUNDANCE
What does it mean to you?

One need look no further than The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans, NEAL GABLER’s profound expose’ of current economics in America, in this month’s THE ATLANTIC to see the sobering realities of economics for Most of Us.
As the byline reads, “Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.”

Earnings are low. Debt is high. The shame of financial impotence is rampant.
I am as subject to these realities as any other person who has spent their life working in American Theater since America’s 200^th Birthday.
But these actualities and the harshness of their toll do not define me.
As GABLER says in his article, “We don’t make [the choices that define who we are] with our financial well-being in mind… We make them with our lives in mind. The alternative is to be another person.”

But I choose to be the person that I am.
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by Arnold J. Mungioli on May 4, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Beauty, Gratitude, Miracles

Tagged Abbondanza, Abundance, Abundance vs Money, Americans have trouble finding $400, Gary Quinn, Give a Homeless Person a Dollar, Give Abundantly, It's a Wonderful Life, NEAL GABLER, Spring, THE ATLANTIC, The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on May 4, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/05/04/abbondanza/

A Hundred Million Miracles

A Hundred Million Miracles — Just on this one Tree!

“A HUNDRED-MILLION MIRACLES
A HUNDRED-MILLION MIRACLES
A HUNDRED-MILLION MIRACLES
ARE HAPPENING EVERY DAY”
— Flower Drum Song, Rodgers & Hammerstein

Are you counting?
I think we’ve reached 95 Million and it’s barely Lunchtime!
Lunch — Another Miracle!
Time — Another Miracle!
Reaching — Another Miracle!
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by Arnold J. Mungioli on April 16, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Gratitude, Miracles

Tagged A Hundred Million Miracles, April 16, Gratitude, Holy Card, World Voice Day

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on April 16, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/04/16/a-hundred-million-miracles/

Christmas Card 2015

…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…

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on February 20, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Beauty, Christmas, Gratitude, Journey, Miracles

Tagged Christmas Card, Gratitude, How to Deal with Cancer, It's All Gift, Miracles, Short Story

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on February 20, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/02/20/christmas-card-2015/

Three French Hens

December 25^th: Christmas Day
December 26^th: The First Day Of Christmas
December 27^th: The Second Day Of Christmas
December 28^th: The Third Day Of Christmas. Today. Now.

A quick bit of internet research reveals that the Three French Hens in the Carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” have several symbolisms:

Some say they symbolize Faith Hope and Love
Others say they signify the Holy Trinity
And still others believe they refer to a new breed of Chicken.

In some cultures, White Chickens are believed to bring Good Luck.
For many, the Hen is a sign of Motherly Devotion
For others, it symbolizes Divine Intervention.
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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.

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 5, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Journey, Legacy, Miracles, Writing & Creativity

Tagged Creative Writing, Final Collaborator The Audience, Kill Your Darlings, The Cost of Writing, Why I Write, Write Anyway, Writing

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 5, 2015

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/11/05/post-number-one-hundred/

Four Sunsets

The First Sunset

The First was strangely Magnificent.

Majestic.

Wide.

As if it had been summoned by some Glorious Deity

For Some Grand Occasion

And it was.

‘Twas likely no Greater or Lesser than any other of the

Twenty-thousand or so Sunsets of my Life thus far.

What set this one apart was that

I paused, quieted myself, and opened to it.

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on October 9, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Beauty, Letting Go, Miracles

Tagged Beautiful Sunsets, Colorful Sunsets, Provincetown Sunsets, Sunset, What Color is a Sunset?

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on October 9, 2015

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/10/09/four-sunsets/

Nothing to Do.

One Gift: The Beautiful Sky

A Morning in Provincetown.

Attempting a few days away

Sans Phone

Sans Laptop.

Looking out at the Ocean

Magnificent.

Amidst the Peacefulness of Ocean and Sky,

I jump to my phone, as if by some automatic reflex in response to a few minutes of Nothing Happening

What must I be Missing?

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 28, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Beauty, Letting Go, Miracles

Tagged Off the Grid, Peacefulness, Provincetown, SuperMoon Lunar Eclipse, Vacation without technology, When to put away your phone

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 28, 2015

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/09/28/nothing-to-do/

Day of Atonement

A Jewish Colleague and Friend asked me last week, “Can I ask you a question? Where did you learn your Yiddisha? You speak it better than anyone I know. You spell it better than anyone I know…”

I had signed an Email “L’Shonah Tova Tikatevu!” (i.e.: “HAPPY NEW YEAR! May You be inscribed and sealed [in the Book of Life] for a Good year…”)

I told her that I grew up in New York Theater, and the Fabulous BARBARA COLTON was my Mentor in such things!
I also have spent the Jewish Holidays every year with my Best Friend’s Family (And after more than 35 years, Very Much My Own Family Too!)

I’ve Always Enjoyed So Many Aspects of Judaism.

I Love that each Day Begins with a Beautiful Sunset.

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 24, 2015 • Permalink

Posted in Community, Holidays & Celebrations, Kindness, Miracles, Nostalgia

Tagged 5776, 5777, BARBARA COLTON, Day of Atonement, How are prayers answered, How to deal with the Homeless, Inflation, Jewish Holidays, John Lennon, L'Shonah Tova Tikatevu, Military, Nixon, Rosh Hashanah, Subway Tokens, Veterans, What can I do for the Homeless?, What things cost in 1960s, Yiddisha, Yom Kippur

Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 24, 2015

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/09/24/day-of-atonement/

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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Live The Questions Now

All posts in category Miracles

Touching God for the First Time

Abbondanza

A Hundred Million Miracles

Christmas Card 2015

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Three French Hens

Post Number One Hundred

Four Sunsets

Nothing to Do.

Day of Atonement

Small Leaves of Basil

Life Adventure

Some Good Movies

Arnold J. Mungioli