25-096 What Tickles You?

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MotD 25-096 What Tickles You? — after. painted front side of Puzzle Piece No. 312 with colors or red, yellow, brown, purple, and green

What Tickles You?

This week we focus on “Laughter”. Today’s MotD recommends we pay attention to what tickles us, to what makes us giggle, to what can take us out of a heavy or intense state into a lighter one. Why? Because from this lighter place we can better assess our situation and make more beneficial decisions moving forward.

When I think back on some of the decisions I made while in a pessimistic state versus the ones I made from a lighter—possibly calmer—state, the difference is quite obvious. For instance when I get on the scale in the morning, if my mood is a bit glum and the number went up, pretty much the rest of the day is spent in an even glummer state…until I catch myself and “snap” myself out of it. While weighing myself in a more upbeat state and the number goes up, I’m more likely to be less hard on myself, remind myself it’s just a number, and figure out how I can do better today.

Knowing what tickles us can be a supportive tool to lift our spirits, energize us, and change our perspective. It can be our go-to when we catch ourselves in a slump, procrastinating, or any number of other low-mood states.

For me, watching baby goats bouncing around, or cats knocking stuff off tables, or watching bloopers from my favorite shows or movies alway— they all lift my mood…and lift me off my pity pot and into forward movement.

How about you? What makes you giggle? What lifts your spirit? What silly thing helps you see things differently…for the better?

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 25-096 What Tickles You? — before. front side of Puzzle Piece No. 312
MotD 25-096 What Tickles You? — before. back side of Puzzle Piece No. 312

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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