23-344 Be of Service #1

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Today’s Mandala Message: Give of Your Time

This week I’m working through Principles #61 and #62: Give More to Get More and Find a Way to Serve of Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles”. We continue with more money principles (56-62) and our relationship with it. I set my intention today to ponder ways I give of my time. Canfield states: “Time tithing is volunteering your time to serve your church, temple, or synagogue, or any charity that could use your help.” I would modify this sentence to ‘volunteering your time to help someone who could use your help’…why limit it?

When I do readings, a question that comes up a lot is “what is my purpose?” For me, it’s a simple two part answer: do what you love…and help people by doing that…and if you can make money doing that…bonus!

I, myself, have come to realize that my purpose is to inspire and encourage creativity, curiosity, and play by way of mandalas and mandala art. One of the ways I go about being of service is to volunteer my time creating mandalas that are free to download and color via my blog sites: MandalaoftheWeek.com, MandalaoftheMonth.com, and MandalaoftheYear.com. I also do the MandalaoftheDay.com where I ‘paint’ a mandala everyday and then post it along with its message and insights.

A good mindfulness practice would be to ponder ways you can be of service with your time.

So how about you? What ways can you time tithe? Is there something you love to do that could be of service to someone else? Are there outside-the-box ways you can give of your time?

“Being of service
to others
is what brings
true happiness.”

— Marie Osmond

Blessings,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady
All Things Mandalas

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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