24-143 Understanding

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intense abstract background of reds, greens, purples, light yellow, and whites, with angular jagged lines in lighter colors. On top in gold, is a gold circle around a nickel-sized red spot. from there are 8 gold dress-tie-shaped petals, in between them are 8 straight lines jutting out with a circle at each end. each circle has small gold rays coming out of them. the word “understanding” is written at a 90º angle in the top “tie”.

Understanding

“the ability to know how other people are feeling”

One advantage to growing up in a chaotic household is that you learn (or better learn) how to read the room. I realize that’s not exactly what the definition is trying to say. Hear me out…because I learned how to “read the room”, it made also understand (to some degree) who was hurting, who was angry, who was happy, and so on. I also, as the oldest and only girl, got to practice figuring out how to fix the situation.

For instance if one of the ‘rents was cranky, I knew to either stay out of their line of view or else tread lightly around them. If they were in a great mood, then if we asked them for something, we had a fifty-fifty shot of them staying in a great mood or setting them off…so we had to be pretty sure it was worth the ask.

Because of that environment, as an adult I was better at understanding of how people were feeling. Although, there was a time between my 20s and early 30s where I went the route of a flaming co-dependent…where I totally disregarded/stuffed how I was feeling…almost the point of no return (if you get my drift).

Thankfully my first husband “forced” me to go to therapy…for something other than co-dependent reasons. That nightmare turned into a blessing where I learned how to get my life and my feelings back…which also meant letting go of that husband (too long of a story to get into here).

Sharing all of this with you, helps me also have a better understanding of where I come from, and how far I’ve come since then. For that, I’m grateful.

How about you? Is understanding a core value for you?

BTW…here’s what it looked like to begin with …

intense abstract background of reds, greens, purples, light yellow, and whites, with angular jagged lines in lighter colors

joyfully,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

*ToGAs: Team of Guides and Angels

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.

Published by The Mandala Lady

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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