Acceptance
We continue this week focused on practicing an attitude of gratitude. Like Melody Beattie says, the challenging part about gratitude is surrendering to what is. Things happen that don’t go our way, from tragic to inconvenient. Part of the healing process prods us to accept that they happened. Instead of denying or resisting them, see them as starting points towards gratitude of some kind in the end.
Essentially, we’re encouraged to accept that, yes, this “bad” thing happened. And because of that, we learned something from it and probably gleaned something to be grateful for in the process.
For instance, our home suffered some damage in a tropical storm. It was a nuisance to deal with, water was everywhere— but because of it, we were able to replace the bold, outdated shag carpeting with much nicer carpet and new paint on the walls. I ran for County Commissioner and lost but because of going through that process, I wound up getting a much better job with the County that paid more and was less stressful. Melody shares how she lost her son. Obviously she’d much rather have him alive but she learned to be grateful for the time she did have with him.
How about you? What can you accept as a starting point to healing and gratitude?
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 