23-361 Be Empowered #4

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Today’s Mandala Message: Help Others to Succeed

This week I’m working through the last principle, Principle #64: Empower Yourself by Empowering Others of Jack Canfield’s book “The Success Principles”. I set my intention today to ponder ways I can help others to succeed. Canfield states: “[T]he more you help other people succeed in life, the more they will want to help you succeed. You might wonder why all the people who teach success strategies are so successful. It’s because they have helped so many people get what they want. People naturally support those who have supported them. The same will be true for you.”

One of the best ways I know how to help people succeed in life is by doing my intuitive readings for them. It’s something I thought only “special” people did. Around 2005 I received guidance that I would be doing readings for people. To which I replied “I don’t think so”. In late 2010 I woke up one day with the thought “I think I can do readings for people”. I asked a couple of friends if I could try it out on them—to my surprise it worked!

I admit it “scares” me to do readings because I’m afraid I’ll disappoint people, that they won’t like what’s revealed, or worse, I won’t be able to receive the guidance they need. That being said, when I allow myself to do them, I can see (and feel) how much I’m helping people. The smiles on their faces as they leave are all the confirmation I need…it makes my heart sing.

In 2020 (for many reasons) I backed off from a lot of things including readings. Of late I’ve been feeling the pull to do them again…but in a bigger way so I can help more people. Just as in 2005, I put off following through on the guidance—the old fears creeping back up. And yet, I can feel it, it’s time to get back “in the saddle”. So in 2024 I’m making it a priority. Not sure how to implement it just yet and that’s okay…it will come to me.

A good mindfulness practice would be to ponder ways you can help others succeed in life.

So how about you? Are there ways for you to help others to succeed? How does it make you feel when you’re able to do so? Is there one person in your life right now who could use your help?

“I’m not a teacher:
only a fellow traveler
of whom you asked the way.
I pointed ahead –
ahead of myself
as well as you.”

— George Bernard Shaw

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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