24-286 Openness

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MotD 24-286 Openness — after. bold, busy, textured abstract background of white with yellow, green, and indigo. on top in black ink is a large, wide spiral with a small center. three rows of dots follow the path.

Openness

“sharing and receiving information openly, honestly, and without bias”

Let me start this post by being “open” about misspelling the word “openness”. I left off an “n” both on the front and the back. (On the backs of each MotD I write the date, the number, the title, and the definition). It wasn’t until I started creating this post that my device kindly let me know that I misspelled today’s word. Argh! My challenge is to curtail the self bashing I tend to do when I make such a mistake. How can I turn this into a positive…that also correlates with today’s MotD?

My husband is notoriously good at spotting my misspellings…unfortunately it’s usually after I’ve finalized whatever it is and I’m ready to put it out in the world. Every time it happens I immediately become triggered, go on the defensive, and then go on the offensive. I know that in my head he’s just trying to be helpful…but emotionally, he’s an evil monster (which, he’s not…really). In fact, he doesn’t make fun of me for it, he doesn’t hassle me about it, he’s just neutral and shares openly, honestly, and without bias that I’ve made boo-boo.

Emotionally, this kind of thing triggers the “I’m not good enough” part of me, the “I’m always doing something wrong” part of me, the “I’m unloveable” part of me. Yikes! all that because I left off an “n”???

Fortunately, I’ve been building up the self-nurturing part of me and she’s reminding me that 1) who cares? 2) in the big scheme of things, what does it matter? 3) so you left off an “n”, it’s kinda cute the way you added it on.

This is another step in me learning how to openly, honestly, and without bias acknowledge my mis-takes, fix what I can, and then move on. In the past, I probably would have been so enraged with myself, that I would have either torn this up to start another one or, worse, consider myself a failure and stop doing the MotDs all together. So, I guess I’ve made some progress on this front. Yay Me!

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

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

MotD 24-286 Openness — before. bold, busy, textured abstract background of white with yellow, green, and indigo.

joyfully,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

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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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