24-004 Amazement

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”a feeling of great surprise or wonder”

Today’s MotD encourages us to allow ourselves to be amazed by the world around us. I mean, how amazing is it, for example, to see a flower being able to manifest itself in the middle of a sidewalkt.

We also being asked to explore in what ways have we amazed ourselves. Today? This week? Last month? Last year?

Here are some of the ways I’ve amazed myself…just off the top of my head:

  1. I made it to level 70 (age-wise)!
  2. I’ve created or painted at least one mandala a day…everyday…for the past two years straight and I’m still going!
  3. I earned two bachelors degrees in two completely different fields of study: music education and computer science. Even more amazing to me is that I earned the CS degree by going to school at night while maintaining a full-time day job.
  4. At the age of 36 I ran a marathon…in 5 hours and 47 minutes…and I ran every mile except mile 16 where I walked instead.
  5. Just yesterday I managed to do four 5-minute decluttering tasks around my home…if you knew me, you’d realize that that’s probably the biggest deal of everything on this list!

How about you? Do you value amazement in your life? How have you amazed yourself?

btw…here’s what this looked like before I drew on it:

joyfully,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

inspiring and encouraging creativity, curiosity, and play through the art of mandalas

About the 2024 Mandalas of the Day

Each day I will create and post a mandala inspired by one of 366 “value” words chosen randomly. The objective being to discover for myself which ones would best represent my core values…and by doing so, I hope it inspires you to determine your own.

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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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