24-224 Potential

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MotD 24-224 Potential — After. abstract background that looks to be divided into four squares. Colors include muted tones of yellow, green, blue, orange, brown, beige, and off-white. on top in metallic copper ink is an outline of four lotus-like petals over the four squares from the background, with in each petal are viny spirals. in the lower right square, metallic blue pen outlines a fleur de lis like shape from the background. an arrow is added inside of it pointed to the center circle.

Potential

“having the capacity to become or develop into something more”

The number one killer of potential is……fear. Whether it’s our fear…(”what if I fail” or “what if no one likes what I do/say/make” or “what if I lose everything in the process”) …or… other people’s fear for us…(“what if something bad happens to you” or “what if you get hurt” or “what if you’re not good enough” and so on). My dad had this habit of saying to us whenever we talked about something exciting we wanted to do: “oh, you don’t want to do that”…which would immediately put a halt to everything right then and there. Thankfully in later years, I learned how to respond to his neigh saying.

Probably the saddest thing to hear is someone saying “they had so much potential” implying that they let something get in the way of achieving great things, that they weren’t able to do something more with their lives. That being said, who are we to judge? Maybe they did exactly what they intended and were perfectly content to stop right there.

So…what do we do about our potential? Do we have the capacity to become something more? If so, what would that be? I know for me, I can see where I could go in a variety of directions. And it almost doesn’t matter which way I go because as long as I continue to grow and do what I love to do, is there a wrong direction? This I do know…staying put is not an option for me.

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

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

MotD 24-224 Potential — Before. abstract background that looks to be divided into four squares. Colors include muted tones of yellow, green, blue, orange, brown, beige, and off-white.

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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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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