25-115 Just For Today

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MotD 25-115 Just for Today — after. painted front side of Puzzle Piece No. 205 with colors of greens and blues

Just For Today

This week we focus on the concept of “One Day at a Time”. Today’s MotD reminds us that all we have is the present moment, today. Per Melody Beattie: “Doing anything forever—even being happy—can seem like too much. The good news is that we don’t have to do anything forever. Just today.”

It turns out that yesterday I didn’t look ahead about what today’s focus would be otherwise I would have held off promoting the mantra “just for today” today. And yet, that’s okay. I’m thinking that for me, I obviously needed to pay attention to “just for today” for more than one day at a time. (see what I did there??? 😁)

Essentially we’re being reminded that we don’t need to waste excessive energy on what’s going to happen next year or 5 years from now. We just need to figure out what needs to be done today…and do that.

With a little bit of planning now, we can set ourselves up so that each day going forward we can make steady progress, in steps, so that each day is doable without overwhelm.

We can use the mantra: Just for today, all I need to do is ________________.

How about you? Just for today, what’s at least one thing you can do or not do? Or put another way, since all we have is the present moment, what can you manage just for today?

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 25-114 Take it As it Comes — before. front side of Puzzle Piece No. 230
MotD 25-114 Take it As it Comes — before. back side of Puzzle Piece No. 230

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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