25-151 Where Are You ?

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Mandala of the Day 25-151 Where Are You ? — after. painted front side of Puzzle Piece No. 5 with colors of magenta, purple, and blue

Where Are You ?

This week we focus on “Presence”. Today’s MotD reminds us to be present where we are. I don’t know about you but I often find myself being about 10 minutes ahead of myself. I’m already trying to figure out what I’m going to do next while doing what I’m doing right now.

Just like a few days ago, it happened again today. I almost wrote over (wiped out) yesterday’s MotD post with today’s…again because I wasn’t present. When I opened the browser tab, I went into automatic pilot without checking where I was. Thankfully, I caught myself before losing it.

Along with the obvious reasons for needing to be mindfully present, another one would be because it saves time. With me almost overriding yesterday’s post, I wasted at least 10-15 minutes. All the edits I had made to the post had to be undone and then redone in a new post.

Think about it…how much time is wasted when we can’t find our keys/phone/glasses/etc because we weren’t present when we set them down in the first place. Had we taken an extra moment (a nano second really), to be present when we set them down and made a conscious choice to be aware of ourselves setting the item down, we easily remember where to go to get them later.

How about you ? How often are you physically present in the moment but mentally off somewhere else ? How often do you lose things for lack of being present when putting things down or away ? How much of your precious time is wasted due to not being present where your physical body is ?

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:

Mandala of the Day 25-151 Where Are You ? — before. front side of Puzzle Piece No. 5
Mandala of the Day 25-151 Where Are You ? — before. back side of Puzzle Piece No. 5

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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