25-066 Do What You Can

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MotD 25-066 Do What You Can — after. painted front side of Puzzle Piece No. 355

Do What You Can

This week we focus on the concept of Self Nurturing. Today’s MotD encourages us to do what we can when it comes to nurturing ourselves and others. Our challenge becomes setting up and maintaining boundaries when it comes to helping others; because for a lot of us, we risk triggering some old co-dependency issues.

I know this is an over-used analogy and yet I’m going to use it anyway because it demonstrates it perfectly. When given safety directions before any flights depart, we’re told to put the oxygen mask on ourselves first, then help anyone else who’s struggling to put on theirs.

Also, some people might be in a position to do amazing acts of nurturing while others can only do a little bit here and there. It’s not the size of the act it’s the intention behind it.

Essentially, we’re being reminded that we’re more effective with nurturing others when we’re also nurturing ourselves. And begs the question: how can we do others if we’ve fully depleted ourselves?

How about you? Are you able to know how much you can and cannot do when it comes to nurturing others? Are you able to take care of yourself first as a way to be able to take care of others?

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 25-066 Do What You Can — before. front side of Puzzle Piece No. 355
MotD 25-066 Do What You Can — before. back side of Puzzle Piece No. 355

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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