Filters
We continue this week focused on practicing an attitude of gratitude. Today we look at the question: what filter am I viewing my life through right now? If we’re coming from a place of fear, we’re more likely to see everything as fearful. If we’re coming from a place of negativity, we’re more likely to view everything as negative. If we’re coming from a place of lack, we’re more likely to look at everything as not being enough for us.
For instance, our kitchen is about 70 years old and is in desperate need of updating. Some days I see it from a place of lack; the sink is pulling away from the back counter, paint is chipping off the cabinet doors, the old-fashioned vinyl floor always looks dirty regardless of how well we clean it.
When I see it from a place of gratitude, I’m grateful to have a large kitchen along with hot and cold running water, a 30-year-old refrigerator that works great, a newer stove with burners that work, counters that can take a beating, a newer dishwasher, and lots of storage. Would it be great to an updated kitchen? Of course. Is it fully functional the way it is? Absolutely. And that’s where I focus my gratitude—I’m grateful to have a fully functioning kitchen.
How about you? What filters do you use to look at what’s going on in your life right now?
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 