Disentangle
This week we focus on how “Crazy People Make Us Crazy”. Today’s MotD encourages us to disentangle ourselves from people and situations that make us feel crazy…however that can look or work for you.
In cases where it doesn’t seem possible for me, I go within and turn on my observer switch. Rather than get wrapped up in any of the craziness, I just observe what’s going on and say to myself “that’s interesting”. It helps me remain neutral, thus disentangling myself. I also find it helpful to remain quiet even though I’m so tempted to jump into the craziness.
My biggest, “crazy people” challenge was with my dad when he would go into one of his rages, which usually included a lot of yelling and hurtful, manipulative zingers. Intellectually, I knew he had a lot of unresolved anger, which helped remind me to just hang in there, it will be over soon.
Every once in a while, though, it would be too much and I would find myself joining in his craziness with nowhere to run or hide until it blows over. The truly crazy part is that he feels better because he was able to blow off some steam, while I’m walking around wounded on every level…for hours, sometimes days.
In the end, the only way I could make it work for me was to move 3,000 miles away and talk to him on the phone once a week. He hated talking on the phone and would usually want to get off after 10-15 minutes. Even so, he was always glad I called…as was I…and grateful that I could keep the craziness at bay for another week.
How about you? Do crazy people make you crazy? How do you disentangle yourself from crazy people…especially the ones that are the most challenging?
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 