Make it Real
Our focus this week — July 9–15: “Goals, Hopes, and Dreams”
Today’s MotD: Make it Real. While we’re encouraged to have hopes and dreams, we are also encouraged to make them real…especially the ones that feel like a spark just got ignited inside of us.
The first step to making it real is to write it down. Put it someplace where we can easily see it and be reminded of it. Next we can determine the steps it will take to get there. Then convert those steps into simple, doable tasks that can be easily done each day.
Going back to my marathon story from yesterday’s post, my neighbor and I opted to train together for the L.A. marathon. We carefully mapped out our nine-month plan. Since the marathon was going to be on a Sunday, we would make Sundays be our long running days. Each Sunday we would add another mile onto our run until we got up to 23 miles. The rest of the week we’d alternate our days between running two miles and resting (recovering). After a month or two, we upped the daily runs to four miles. And because we had each other as running mates and she lived in the apartment above me, it helped keep us accountable and on track.
By the time the marathon came, we were ready to run it. The training made all the difference in the world. At least I know it did for me. The whole process taught me the value of having a plan.
Now when I have a project coming up I look at what the goal is and then back track from the goal to determine the steps it will take to make it happen. Of late I use a spreadsheet to help me make it real.
How about you ? What’s it going to take for you to make at least one of your hopes and dreams real ? What’s a step you can take today ? What’s a step you can do tomorrow ?
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 