25-061 Check In

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MotD 25-061 Check In — before. Front side Puzzle Piece No. 7. with colors of mustard yellow, beige, reddish brown, and brown

Check In

This week we focus on the concept of The Basics. Today’s MotD encourages us to check in with ourselves on a regular basis to see how we’re doing and to take care of what needs to be taken care of.

Melody suggests that we make a list of what we determine to be our basics (food, rest, water, quiet time, etc). Then check in regularly to see whether any areas are being neglected, thus giving it our attention. It works best if we make this list readily visible. Putting up post-its everywhere can help as well. If we struggle with doing any of this we can ask our HP to help us with the basics.

I tend to go-go-go long before I realize that I need to check in. I often hear myself telling myself “just two more minutes” or “let me just finish this part first and then I’ll go eat something”. I need to set an hourly timer on my smartwatch to help me with this.

How about you? What are your basics? Would having a check list of your basics help you check in with yourself more regularly? What area usually needs the most attention?

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 25-061 Check In — before. Front side Puzzle Piece No. 7
MotD 25-061 Check In — before. Back side Puzzle Piece No. 7

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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