Doing What We Must
Our focus this week — July 23–30: “Duty”
Today’s MotD: Doing What We Must. Essentially “duty” is doing what needs to be done, whether we like it or not. It’s paying our bills on time, it’s doing the dishes, doing the laundry, making our beds, brushing our teeth, taking a shower/bath, going to work, do our jobs, feeding the kids, prepping lunches for the kids, walking the dog, cleaning out the kitty litter, and so on.
Because of free will, we can choose to not do any of those things and more. But here’s the caveat, it’s called cause and effect. We are encouraged to ask ourselves: what would be the effect of not paying our bills on time, not doing the dishes, not doing the laundry, and so on ? The other way to ask this question: are we will to take responsibility for the effect of NOT doing the things we don’t want to do but are the very things we must do ?
Here’s a simple example. I like to drink cold water with a hint of peppermint oil. I keep a pitcher of it in the refrigerator. When it starts to run low, a part of me wants to put off refilling it…kind of like a small child whining in my head, saying “I don’t wanna do it”. Since I’m the only one in our house that drinks that water, then I’m’ the one who’s going to be annoyed if it’s empty. So I’m the one who must fill it up.
That’s when some higher vibrational part of me asks: will my future self be glad I refilled the pitcher right now, rather than later ? That’s the question that always motivates me to refill the pitcher right then and there. Then later, when my future self opens the fridge to pour some more water, she’s thrilled that the pitcher is full and the water is cold.
How about you ? What are your “must do’s” ? Which ones are the ones that you keep putting off doing ? What mindset do you need to have in order to do your “must do’s ?
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 