24-313 Endurance

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MotD 24-313 Endurance — after. textured abstract background with muted colors of pink, magenta, yellow, salmon, white, grey, green, and spots of white. on top in black ink is a tiny double circle in the center and then row upon row of lotus-like petals building outward towards the top, right, and lower right sections of the paper.
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Endurance

“the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for an extended period”

When I randomly picked this word for today, I wondered what I was going to write about. Since I had a guy coming over to help me put down yard cloth for my labyrinth today, I held off writing until after we were done. And technically, it’s going to be a spiral.

For THREE hours we labored with putting down two layers of cloth. Its 32’ in diameter circular shape made it challenging along with the fact that we had to work around three mid-sized trees, four rose bushes, five lavender plants, the three short tree stumps, and a partridge in a pear tree…sorry I couldn’t resist.

Two hours into it I began to understand today’s word first hand. If it was up to me I would have stopped right then, but the guy really wanted to get it done today. So I put on my big-girl mindset pants, drank a bunch of fluids (non-alcohol), and soldiered on.

The whole time I’m thinking: this is difficult, this is unpleasant, and this is painful…I don’t do this kind of thing on a regular basis, so my body was really feeling the strain.

Sitting here now, recovering, I’m so glad we hung in there and did all that we could get done for today…we would have finished but we ran out of yard cloth for the last section. I’ll get another role tomorrow…oh and more staples. I bought a box of 100 staples think that would be plenty however, we ran out halfway through the project. So we started using bricks to hold the cloth down…it took me at least 4 wheelbarrow trips to bring over all that we needed.

It may seem like a silly thing but I find myself looking out the window and admiring our efforts. While my body feels all achy and tired, my soul-self feels elated that we endured the task…that, yes, it was worth it.

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

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

MotD 24-313 Endurance — before. textured abstract background with muted colors of pink, magenta, yellow, salmon, white, grey, green, and spots of 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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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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