23-157 Embrace Your Future #3

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Today’s Mandala Message: Give it Up for Yourself

This week I’m working through Principle #29 from Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles” entitled “Complete your Past to Embrace the Future”. I set my intention today to ponder the idea of giving it up (letting go) for the betterment of myself and my well being. Canfield starts this section talking about it being hard to let go and I think that is so because we’ve held onto to our hurts and resentments for so long, we don’t know who we are without them.

Canfield states: “Whatever hurts you are feeling, know that I’ve felt many of them, too. But also know that what can hurt you even more is harboring the resentment, holding a grudge, and rerunning the same hatred over and over. The word forgive really means to give it up for yourself—not for them”.

And added perspective is to see forgiveness as forgiving ourselves for taking on the hurt, resentment, anger, etc. Over the years I’ve work through a lot of old grudges and resentment, specifically with my parents. Thankfully I’ve come to know them in a different light and I’m grateful for their sacrifice in bringing me into this world. That being said, I have more forgiveness work to do; this week’s principle is helping to move that along.

A good mindfulness practice would be to let go of _________ for your own well being.

So how about you? Are you holding onto grudges, resentments, hurts? Can you see that by holding onto them, they continue to hold you down and back? What would it take to release them?

“Resentment
is like drinking poison
and then hoping
it will kill your enemies.”

— Nelson Mandela

Blessings,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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An Invitation

I invite you to color along with me this year as part of what I’m calling “The Year of Self-Exploration and Expansion” with all of my “Mandalas of the ___” (day, week, month, year). If you’re interested in more of a self-exploration approach to coloring, check out my “Coloring Mandalas as Meditation”. You can download this mandala at MandalaoftheWeek.com.

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My Mission: connecting with our Inner Light in delightful, inspiring ways For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits. Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it. As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?

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