23-349 Be of Service #6

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Today’s Mandala Message: The Value of Volunteering (part 3)

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 yet another value to volunteering. Canfield states: “[One] of the keys to success is building a huge network of relationships, and volunteering lets you meet all kinds of people you would never meet otherwise. Better yet, they’re often the people…who make things happen in your profession and in your community.”

When we first moved to Oregon, we didn’t know anyone. We didn’t have jobs or living arrangements set up in advance. Because we had no children or anyone else depending on us, we were able to just pack up, drive 3,500 miles, and hope for the best. It was my volunteering and joining groups that did volunteer work, that helped me build a ‘network of relationships’. With that, it opened doors to opportunities that otherwise would have passed me by.

This week’s principles are about giving back and being of service. These last three posts also shared how volunteering can be a win-win for everyone. While our intent with volunteering is to be of service to others, it turns out that we are also helped—thus the win-win.

A good mindfulness practice would be to contemplate what volunteering opportunities out there could help you build a network of relationships.

So how about you? How have you experienced the value of volunteering? When volunteering, have you noticed how you are also building up a network of new relationships? Have other opportunities come up for you because of your volunteer work?

“Volunteers don’t get paid,
not because they’re worthless,
but because they’re priceless.”

— Sherry Anderson

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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