Independence
“the state of wanting or being able to do things for yourself and make your own decisions, without help or influence from other people”
When I think of independence, I hear a child-like voice that says “I’d rather do it myself”…actually, I think it’s coming from me. At an early age, I preferred to do things myself and by myself…mainly because I despised having someone hanging around, unsolicitedly critiquing me on how well or how poorly I was doing something…unfortunately it was mostly of the negative kind. I was always made to feel like I was doing something wrong…therefore there must be something wrong with me.
Fortunately, I’ve worked through a lot of that although I still feel a twinge of ick when someone points out a mistake I’ve made or if they tell me how they think I should do it. Anyway, what this has done for me is made me be able to figure things out for myself and be okay that it was not done the “right” way.
All that being said, we need to recognize that independence doesn’t have to mean we have to be alone. We can be independent and still happily co-exist with every other independent soul on the planet. Like everything else…strive for moderation and balance.
How about you? Is independence a core value for you?
BTW…here’s what it looked like to begin with …
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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