Dropping Judgment
This week we focus on the concept of having an “Open Mind”. Today’s MotD reminds us via Melody Beattie’s words: “Closing our mind and our heart can cause us to…miss the true beauty and wisdom in people who at first glance look ordinary. We can miss opportunities and ideas that could change our lives. We can overlook danger signs.”
The same can apply to each of us—we’re encouraged to keep an open mind about our journey, our past, our present, our current situation, and so on. Being objectively present gives us the opportunity to look at everything about us, without judgment, so that we can better understand ourselves and better determine how best to move forward on our healing journey.
For instance, just yesterday while on my daily walk, I was reminded of an incident that happened to me 37 years ago. It still makes me cringe to this day and I admit, even now, I was pretty hard on myself saying “how could you have been so stupid?” So I did what I always do, stuffed it down yet again.
With today’s MotD, though, it reminds me that I need to do some healing about this incident and even more importantly, I need to do some healing work around all the judgment I have towards myself about this incident. Maybe that’s why that memory popped up yesterday. Today, I’m being guided with the message: It’s time to “drop the judgment”.
I can see where having an open mind about my situation can look like condoning it or taking it lightly. Instead with an open mind I can look at it from every angle, take responsibility for my part in it, and then show some compassion towards my much younger self who didn’t know any better at the time. I also have to process and let go of any form of justice being applied to the other person—at least not that I know of. That’s not mine to bear, it belongs to the other person.
How about you? Are you ready to have an open mind about others? Are you ready to have an open mind about yourself? Are you ready to drop the judgments you have about yourself?
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 