Self Sabotage
From Melody Beattie: “The purpose of looking at ourselves isn’t to barrage ourselves with criticism. It’s to identify behaviors we’re doing that are self sabotaging ourselves so we can begin the process of change.”
Today’s puzzle piece encourages us to explore the behaviors that are not in alignment with our values, which in turn sabotage ourselves. For me it’s mostly about paying attention to the things that trigger me.
Most of my triggering happens when I’m driving. They range from drivers who impede my progress to the ones that climb right up my rear bumper as if to tell me I’m not going fast enough for them…even though I’m probably going about 5 miles over the speed limit. The key words from that sentence are: I’m not enough.
So when I allow myself to be triggered while driving, it affects my behavior such that I loose my peace and might possibly do something unsafe.
Of late I’ve been playing with a couple of mantras to help me when I’m in the car. “I am worthy to be here on this road at this time.” … “I am enough.” … “I deserve to be on this road just as much as anyone else.” … “I arrive at my destination safely, quickly, and easily.”
How about you? What behaviors tend to be self-sabotaging for you?
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:
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.
Mandala of the Day 