Dormant — /dôrˈ mənt/adj. 1. In a state resembling sleep. 2. Latent. 3. Temporarily inactive — a dormant volcano. 4. Biol. In a condition of suspended growth or development. [Latin dormire, to sleep] dormancy n.
(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time. “dormant butterflies”
syn. asleep, sleeping, resting, inactive, passive, inert, latent, quiescent
“the tubers lie dormant in the soil until spring”
(of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing
(of a volcano) temporarily inactive.— The American Heritage & Oxford Dictionaries [combined]
All posts in category New Beginnings
Dormant
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on March 13, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/03/13/dormant/
Why Is This Happening For Me?
The Most Full Of Wonder Reverend Dr. EDGARD FRANCISCO DANIELSEN-MORALES,
gave a Sermon some time ago at MCC New York www.mccny.org
in which he talked of the importance of learning how to
Stop asking,
“Why is this happening to me?”
and Begin asking,
“Why is this happening for me?”
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on February 2, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/02/02/why-is-this-happening-for-me/
SNOW HOLIDAY
In Honor of this Winter Snow Holiday and the New Year, last night I put out my new Crystal Bead Boughs — Just for how they catch the Light
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I know. I know.
Most people were done with that greeting in the first week of January.
But the Year is still New.
And New Year’s Day always seemed to me a Terrible Day to Launch Something.
Firstly, it’s a Federal Holiday in the USA, and a Holiday that most people Celebrate throughout the World
(Twenty-Four times, really — over a course of 24 hours, throughout all the different Time Zones!)
It’s a Time for Festivity.
It is Still Only the Seventh Day of Christmas and many of us are concentrating on that.
So to begin with Resolutions and Plans and Projections at that time seems premature.
Today is a Much Better Day for that! (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 27, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/01/27/snow-holiday/
Six More Things I Learned From Taking Down the Christmas Decorations
- Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
By switching from Masking Tape to Painter’s Tape, I can reuse the Door Foil from Year to Year… What a Beautiful discovery this was.
Even the pieces of tape can be used again!
- Nurture Your Creative Self
It takes some Extra Time, but Every Year the Wreath on the Door is a Bit Different… (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 17, 2015
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/01/17/six-more-things-i-learned-from-taking-down-the-christmas-decorations/
Sixth Day of Christmas
New Year’s Eve
The Sixth Day of Christmas
Nothing to distract from the chaos of the Holidays like adding in Another Holiday in the Middle…
It has been several weeks of rushing about
And I am reminded of that Children’s Book in which the Little Boy wishes it could be Christmas Every Day, and then gets his wish…
And within only a week or two of eating big feasts at Every Meal, rushing around and seeing relatives, and not getting anything else done, he starts to go out of his mind.
Sometimes, just the Twelve Days of Christmas can begin to feel like too much…
It ain’t necessarily so. (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 31, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/12/31/sixth-day-of-christmas/
Community
Newtown High School, photographed by Producer, VAN DEAN
December 14th, 2012: When the Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut happened, I worked very hard to avoid any news about it — Then the week before Christmas, I was sitting with MOM when the report came on playing tapes of the 911 Call from the teacher protecting the children in the Coat Room. I wept ceaselessly for a very long time.
Three months ago, a Wonderful Director I know named MICHAEL UNGER offered me the privilege of working with him Casting two Musicals for the 12.14 Foundation.
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on August 15, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/08/15/community/
Impurfect
I Love
With my whole Heart
With my whole Mind
With my whole Soul
Impurfectly
I do most things Impurfectly… (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on June 23, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/06/23/impurfect/
CHOOSING TO BE MORE VULNERABLE
Here we are, some 35 Posts into this Journey…
I am not a Computer Age Kid.
I was Living in a Well Established World when the Internet changed everything
Before that, everything seemed to work pretty well.
Then I woke one morning to discover
that most of the skills I’d taken time to cultivate
had been rendered somewhat useless.
Pretty much overnight.
That’s OK.
Life is not about getting used to things.
At its Best, Life is about Learning New Things
Always
Letting Go of what we know
And, by that, Knowing More… (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on June 15, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/06/15/vulnerable/
OFFERING
Does it seem like No One wants your Gifts?
Offer ‘em Anyway!
They are not yours to Keep.
They are Yours to Give.
So, Offer ‘em Up! (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on May 12, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/05/12/offering/
My MOM’s Pizza Pans
Italians can be very superstitious about cooking.
I make my GrandMother’s Stroufeli probably closer to what hers tasted like than anyone else in the family. When she passed on, I inherited the pot in which she made it.
My Pizza Rustica is pretty good, but it lacks that authentic touch.
My cousin once told me the difference was in the crust.
“That’s because you may have gotten Grandma’s Stroufeli Pot, but I got her Rolling Pin!”
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on April 13, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/04/13/my-moms-pizza-pans/
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