Trust
This week we focus on the concept of “Easy Does It”. Today’s MotD reminds us to trust ourselves when it comes to determining when to apply “hard work” and when to apply “easy does it”. If we believe the only way something can work out is if we work hard, we may fail in the process because we’re trying too hard…or it could be that what we’re striving for is not right for us, thus a lot of wasted energy. Or it could be that it is the right thing for us only if we take an easier approach, ask for help, and/or change up our perspective/mindset.
If there’s something we’re struggling with right now, for me it’s reducing my weight, we need to step back and assess the how of it and why it’s a struggle. Is there an easier way? Do we need to reach out for some help? What has worked for us in the past? And maybe even a more basic question to ask: do we trust ourselves to make it happen?
So for my situation, I have used help in the past (just about every diet org and plan there is). Two of them have worked BUT it was majorly hard work, agony even. And both times, I gained all the weight back. I’ve tried doing it alone and either using a book or an app, that works for a bit but not for long. An easier way might be surgery or pills…I’d rather not.
Asking the question do I trust myself to make it happen: the answer is no. I’m aware that I’m stuck in the belief that I’m too old, it’s too late, it’s too hard, there’s no hope….blah, blah, blah. Also, I remember my mother admonishing me when I was younger for pigging out on some food and she declared: “you’re going to get fat like your mother”. Ouch! All the more reason, then to reach out for some help…a nutritionalist? a therapist? my Team of Guides & Angels? AI? my healthcare plan? All of them?
Anyway, I didn’t expect to be sharing this with you today but that’s what came up for me and writing about it brings it to the forefront, making it real, and making it something my True Self wants me to address.
How about you? How are you at determining whether to “work hard” or “go easy”? Do you tend to make everything hard? If so, why? What belief systems have you bought into that could use some upgrading?
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 