Sometimes it Hurts
This week we focus on “Presence”. Today’s MotD reminds us that sometimes being present hurts. We don’t like where we are or what we’re doing or who may be around us when we’re present with what is. Our usual way to cope may be to numb ourselves in whatever form that takes. However, if we allow ourselves to be present in the hurt, we can also be present to the truth beneath its surface, the wounded part of ourselves longing for attention, love, and healing.
Also, when we allow ourselves to be present in the hurt, it allows us to be present in the joy. As Brené Brown has repeatedly said (I’m paraphrasing): when we suppress the emotions we don’t like, we’re suppressing ALL emotions. We can’t selectively choose which ones we want to keep and which ones we want to shut down.
I admit, I struggle with wanting to selectively choose which emotions I want to experience, which makes it difficult for me to access the ones I want. Because of this, I suspect the source of my excess weight maybe found in the emotions I keep trying to stuff.
How about you ? Do you struggle with being present because your present is not to your liking ? Do you tend to suppress your emotions so as not to feel them ? Have you noticed how the joyful emotions seemed to also be suppressed ?
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 