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Miracles in the Tapestry

My weathered copy of HENRIK IBSEN’s A DOLL’S HOUSE

As a Casting Director, I have to see pretty much Everything.
Knowing Actors’ performances & capabilities beyond what they might do in the Audition Room is essential.
It enables me to speak up for them!
It is Important, and a responsibility which I take very seriously.

I know to those not in Show Business, this might seem terribly glamorous —
What a Great Job!
Imagine if seeing Shows all the time were your Work!
Well, YES!
I Love my Work!
But as it happens, Producers do not provide Casting Directors with free tickets. (These are the same Producers who expect me to have seen everything when they hire me!)
So, I do a lot of Rush Tickets.

Having been away for a few weeks,
And with a heavy Travel Schedule over this past little while,
I had some shows to catch up on.
It was my plan (more…)

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on August 1, 2017  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on August 1, 2017

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2017/08/01/miracles-in-the-tapestry/

Giving Thanks, 2016

Me and MOM at GivingThanks Day, 2014

Me and MOM at GivingThanks Day, 2014

 

 

Has there Ever Been a More Welcome Holiday!?
Has there Ever Been a Better Time?

Pause and Give Thanks!
STOP!
BREATHE…
Let us Take a Moment and Just Be Grateful for What We Have!
Give Thanks to God
Or The Universe
Or Each Other
Or Whatever Divine Force You May Believe In
Or Just to The Air
Or the Sun
Or the Moon!
Just Speak It!
Just say it OUT LOUD,
Even to No One, in particular!
Just say the Words, “Thank You!”
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by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 24, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 24, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/11/24/giving-thanks-2016/

On the Border of Us and Them

from THE COURSE IN MIRACLES

from THE COURSE IN MIRACLES

I don’t want there to be an “Us” and “Them.”
I am trying to avoid that path of thinking.
UNITED States!
UNITED States!
Stay UNITED!

Trying to get on with my Life and get back to Writing and Working and Taking Care of MOM,
Casting Shows, and Being Present in my Teaching, and Organizing for Christmas, and Cooking for GivingThanks Day…
I have to make Apple Sauce!
(I know. Who does that!?)

I go back and forth
Between my Fundamental Belief in the Good of People
And Trying to pick Myself Up Off the Floor from all of this!
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by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 20, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 20, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/11/20/on-the-border-of-us-and-them/

Things to Do Today

20160921_003717Today is World Gratitude Day.
September 21st.
Who knew?
I mean, it’s not a Holiday which I grew up knowing.
Apparently the United Nations Meditation Group created this Day back in 1977, by paying tribute to SRI CHINMOY, a Meditation Guru who had begun the concept some twelve years earlier at the East-West Center in Hawaii.

And so Here, Today, is a Day to Give Thanks across the World,
For All of Us to Come Together and Give Thanks!
LET’S!!!

Here are Ten Suggestions to Celebrate World Gratitude Day: (more…)

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 21, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 21, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/09/21/things-to-do-today/

A Hundred Million Miracles

A Hundred Million Miracles -- Just on this one Tree!

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
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on April 16, 2016

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

REBIRTH

IMG_4506Easter Morning.
Another one of those “Religious” Holidays
So I am nervous about saying, “Happy Easter!”
Because if someone belongs to a religion that doesn’t celebrate
Or associates Christianity with the ideology of TED CRUZ or other neo-cons,
They might be offended.
But, like most Holidays from YOM KIPPUR to DIWALI to CHRISTMAS…
To me, it’s an Invitation!
Welcome!
Come Celebrate!
HAPPY EASTER!

REBIRTH!
It can mean So Many Things.

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on March 27, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on March 27, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/03/27/rebirth/

My Friend, JOHN*

JoyDr. JOHN WADDELL
Earthling, Mr. Wonderful, Psychologist, Metaphysical Teacher
& Expert on the Conscious and Practical Application of the Law Of Attraction

JOHN helped sort things out.
He was the Beloved of our Beloved SARK
And she was So Generous in sharing him with all of us.

I once frenetically whined to him that I did not understand how the Law of Attraction worked.
I told him that as I was heading home to speak with him on the phone
rushing from a day of Work and taking care of MOM,
I was late because of missing several different trains, each by a hair’s breadth,
and my phone battery dying
when just as I stepped from the station, the skies broke into torrential rain…
Really? Could I be attracting all of this!?
He spoke calmly and Lovingly, “Yes!
You can change these things. Quite easily.
But why would you want to?
Your Life sounds like a movie — something most of us only dream of Living.
You have that.
Why would you want to change it?
I don’t think that you do.”

JOHN had a way of turning on a LightBulb for people in their Lives.
He handed out small Epiphanies
the way other generous souls might hand out candy to children.
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by Arnold J. Mungioli on March 12, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on March 12, 2016

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2016/03/12/1603/

Christmas Card 2015

IMG_2593…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
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on February 20, 2016

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

Onions

IMG_4108Onions 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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by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 22, 2015  •  Permalink
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Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on November 22, 2015

https://livethequestionsnow.com/2015/11/22/onions/

Six More Things I Learned From Taking Down the Christmas Decorations

  1. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. IMG_4035

IMG_4021By 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!

  1. Nurture Your Creative Self

It takes some Extra Time, but Every Year the Wreath on the Door is a Bit Different… (more…)

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by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 17, 2015  •  Permalink
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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/

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