24-327 Faithfulness

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MotD 24-327 Faithfulness — after. textured abstract background with colors of red, orange, yellow, beige, and spots of green and white. on top in black ink is an outlined circle, centered but towards the bottom. around the circle are 8 heart-shaped petals. everywhere else, outlined hearts in various sizes using the background colors as reference. in the upper left corner is a partial circle with handful of white rays radiating outward to the edges of the paper.
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Faithfulness

“the quality of being true to one’s word or commitments”

Today’s MotD begs the question (or two): are we true to our word? How honorable are we to our commitments? The answers apply just as much (if not more so) to ourselves as they do to others.

We’re being encouraged to say “yes” when we mean “yes” and “no” when we mean “no”. Too often we say “yes” to things that we know on some level really needed to be a “no”. But because of some form of fear, we say “yes”. Things like “we don’t want to hurt their feelings”, or “I don’t want to disappoint them” or “I feel like I should say yes”, and so on.

When we do that though (say “yes” when we really wanted to say “no”), feelings do get hurt, disappointments abound, and ultimately resentments set in. When instead had we been honest to begin with, we would have eliminated that or at very least minimized.

We’re encouraged to take a moment (or two) to truly process what we’re about to commit to…to be honest with ourselves and others. When in doubt, a respectful reply might be something like “can I have 24 hours to think about it and get back to you?” Most people would appreciate that versus saying “yes” right away only to renege on it later.

And let me add…everything stated here applies to the commitments we make to ourselves…actually, even more so. For instance making a commitment to run 5 miles a day. Are we really going to do that? Can we do that? If the answer is yes, then by all means do it. If not, then we’re setting ourselves up for failure, creating yet another opportunity to beat ourselves up. And how is that helpful, supportive, loving, kind, and so on?

In essence, we’re being ask to be faithful to ourselves, which allows us to be faithful to others.

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

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

MotD 24-327 Faithfulness — before. textured abstract background with colors of red, orange, yellow, beige, and spots of green and white.

joyfully,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

🌟 creating mandalas, inspiring peace

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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