24-260 Bravery

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MotD 24-260 Bravery — after. textured abstract background with colors of white, indigo, olive green, and yellow. on top in black ink is a simple four petal flower with a small circle in the middle. coming out, all around the flower, are lines in an arc going off the paper…giving the illusion that the flower is rolling forward.

Bravery

“the quality of having the strength to face danger, fear, or a difficulty”

Here’s the thing with bravery…all it truly requires is our willingness to believe, to have faith, that we can handle whatever comes our way. And to also know that fear is equally an important component of bravery…because, to quote the movie “Bounce”…”it’s not brave unless you’re scared”.

Motivational speaker, Mel Robbins, shares that when she feels fear just before going on stage, rather than tell herself that she’s scared, she tells herself that she’s excited. Believe it or not, it’s the same energy only rather than shutting us down, being excited lifts us up.

Here’s another thing about being brave…it usually involves just one step forward, one committed decision…after that it’s all momentum. It’s like riding a roller coaster. Once we take that step forward to get on the ride, there’s no turning back, it’s all forward movement after that…unless it’s the type of roller coaster that goes backwards.

We are encouraged to examine the times in our lives when we were brave. Sometimes it worked out great, other times it was a learning experience. Regardless, we’re still here, we survived it in some way shape or form. It reminds us now that whatever fear(s) we have about moving forward on a project, idea, dream, know that we’ve handled fear before we can handle it now.

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

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

MotD 24-260 Bravery — before. textured abstract background with colors of white, indigo, olive green, and yellow.

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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