24-218 Attentiveness

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MotD 24-218 Attentiveness. abstract background with colors of off-white, cream, beige, magenta, and light salmon. on top in metallic magenta is a partial view of a large mandala with about 7 large petals. in the large center, is a smaller circle around a magenta blob from the background. arrows point outward towards each petal. Within each petal is a large spiral and to short stems. In between the petals in metallic blue are spiral hearts. The center of the petal spirals, the tops to the short stems and smaller arrows in the center circle are all metallic blue.

Attentiveness

“the quality of paying attention and listening carefully”

Ever have a conversation with someone and all the other person seems to be doing is waiting for their chance to tell you their story. In other words, they’re not really listening to your story, they’re just waiting their turn. You can tell they’re not really paying attention because if they were, they would probably ask you questions or make comments about the story you’re sharing…they would engage with you versus trying to one-up your story.

When that happens to me, I feel like I’m not being heard or acknowledged; that what I have to say has no value. It feels very one-sided. And in some cases I don’t even want to share something because I know it’s going to set the other person off on one of their sharings and mine is left in the dust.

All that being said…just yesterday I caught myself thinking about the next thing I was going to say while another person was talking. I wasn’t being attentive to this person, I was ramping up what I was going to say next. And I know this isn’t something new for me. I’m sure I’ve been doing it for years. But what IS new for me, is that I recognized that I was doing it in that moment! And because of that, I was able to stop it so I could give the other person my undivided attention.

How can I expect others to value what I have to say when I don’t give others the same benefit? Good question.

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

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

MotD 24-218 Attentiveness. abstract background with colors of off-white, cream, beige, magenta, and light salmon.

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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