25-021 Pick a Value

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MotD 25-021 Pick a Value — after. Painted Front side Puzzle Piece No. 342 — oops…in varying shades of blue

Pick a Value

First off—oops. I picked and painted this puzzle piece BEFORE I noticed that I pulled out the wrong piece to paint. The slip I picked from the ceramic box was “345” (below, look closely at the photo on the right)…the puzzle piece I pulled out of my puzzle pieces box was “342”.

Does this change anything? Not really. I trust that some part of me knew I must paint the “wrong” one today. I just need to remember that when I pick slip “342” in the future, that I must pull out and paint piece number “345”.

Ok, with that out of the way…today’s piece encourages us to pick a value that we could apply to a current problem or situation. Based on today’s oopsy, I pick “self-compassion” as my value. In the past I would have totally freaked out. Thankfully, over the years, I’ve been learning to ease up on things like this.

Today when I noticed the boo-boo, I felt a slight twinge of panic and a bit of self-deprecation…which quickly transformed into telling myself “it’s okay”…”it’s not a big deal, we can work around this.”

Having this happen today, reminded me to apply self-compassion in ALL areas of my life. This happened to be a simpler one which allows me to clearly see that I do know how to do “self-compassion”…so let’s expand it elsewhere.

How about you? What problem or situation are you experiencing today that to apply a particular value would help give you a better perspective on it?

BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:

MotD 25-021 Pick a Value — before. Front side Puzzle Piece No. 342 — oops
MotD 25-021 Pick a Value — before MotD 25-021 Pick a Value — before. Back side Puzzle Piece No. 342 — oops

Peace & Blessings,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

🏵️ Creating Mandalas — Awakening Inner Harmony

ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day

Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.

Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.

Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.

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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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