24-231 Meaningful Work

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MotD 24-231 Meaningful Work — After. abstract background of light green with a textured glaze of metallic purple and green. on top in black ink is drawn a tiny daisy in the middle. In between each of the six petals is a vine-like line leading up and away from the center. On the vine are spirals as if new growth or roots. The lines are different colors: pink, yellow, turquoise, light green, orange, and dark turquoise.

Meaningful Work

“doing something that connects with our values, piques our interest, and engages our moral compass”

What does “meaningful work” mean to you? For some of us we may think that it needs to be something on a grand scale or else what’s the point. We forget how small, meaningful deeds can have a positive ripple effect on the world as a whole…like the butterfly effect.

If we go with that idea of the ripple effect, then meaningful work could be something as simple as doing our work from a place of kindness. Or if we’re in a situation where the work we do feels more like drudgery, to the point where we feel victim to it, then we are encouraged to find a way to make it meaningful…even if it’s something as simple as purposely changing our hairstyle or the clothes we wear, or genuinely smiling or saying “Hi” to everyone with whom we come into contact.

Or even better, we wear a new “mindset” by setting an intention for the day that “regardless of what’s going on around me, I intend to make what I do today feel and be meaningful for the greater good of all, including me.”

I’d like to think that by doing these Mandalas of the Day, I’m doing meaningful work…it feels meaningful to me to do them…I hope it is for you.

How about you? Is meaningful work a core value for you?

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

MotD 24-231 Meaningful Work — Before. abstract background of light green with a textured glaze of metallic purple and green.

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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