Self Care
This week we focus on the concept of The Basics. Today’s MotD encourages us concentrate on self care, to look at how we take care of ourselves. Chances are most of us tend to get by with the bare minimum: brush our teeth, maybe make the bed, maybe three meals (healthy ideally), and maybe a moment to ourselves to do some deep breathing.
Usually on this topic we’d be asked to think about how we would treat our best friends, our children, or how we would treat ourselves if we were little—and whatever that way is, that’s what we should do for ourselves.
However, the visual I had was to think about how we would treat puppies. I know for me, I’d hug them, snuggle them, say cute lovely things to them, like how wonderful they are and how much I love them. That, my friends, is how we are encouraged to treat ourselves today—and every day.
As it turns out, my husband and I are going to the Oregon coast for the day. We planned this a week ago before I realized what today’s theme was going to be. How synchronistic! And to top it off, we’re bring our sweet girl Faé, our Irish greyhound with us. She always makes a laugh and gives us unconditional love. Now that’s self care!
How about you? What self care can you offer yourself today? You are worth the effort.
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 