24-187 Tidiness

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abstract background of muted colors of olive green, maroon, light salmon, beige. on top in black ink is a mandala that starts as a simple 5-petal flower. 3 more rows of 5 petals, each row a slightly different shape. a double ring circle surrounds them. around the outside of the circle are 26 small circles, 13 fan shapes connect pais of these circles, another row of a new pattern continues and goes off the pag.

Tidiness

“the quality of having everything ordered and arranged in the right place”

I suspect my mother had something to do with this being today’s core value word. She always made sure everything in our house, including herself and us kids were neat and tidy. Everything had to be in its right place.

One day I came home from school to see all my clothes in a pile on my bedroom floor because she disapproved of how messy my clothes were in my dresser drawers. I look around my room right now and wonder how she would react to its lack of tidiness.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not happy about the areas of messiness around our house. I would love for everything to be “ordered and arranged in the right place” and yet some part of me resists. Part of the problem (and not an excuse)…we have more stuff than we have room. So if there isn’t room to put things away, we just put it in a pile.

Airing my “dirty laundry” to you right now is humbling. I’m not proud of the lack of tidiness…I’m sure the energy of our house is not thrilled about it either. I also understand that the outer world is a reflection of our inner world. So if I want to embrace tidiness, I need to start inside myself.

Just so you know, it is one of the four key issues (home) I’m processing through this year as part of the Mandala of the Month: “A Journey Into Joy”. It’s not too late for you to join in.

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

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

abstract background of muted colors of olive green, maroon, light salmon, beige.

joyfully,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

bringing sanity to an insane world 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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