Caring Too Much
Our focus this week — July 30-Aug 5: “Boundaries”
Today’s MotD: Caring Too Much. We’re encouraged to pay attention to how much we’re caring about/for others while putting our self-care and well-being at risk. We’re encouraged to recognize the warning signs of over caring for others. Are we sacrificing our body, mind, and spirit in the process of caring for others ?
It was in my late 20s when I came to realize that I had lost so much of myself in all of my relationships. I always caved to what everybody else wanted and needed. So much so that if I was asked what restaurant I wanted to go to or what movie I wanted to see, I would usually give the same answer “I don’t know. whatever you want will be fine.” I had completely lost all sense of my self and what I wanted. I was a mere shell.
Thankfully, it was my (soon-to-be ex) husband at the time who demanded I see a therapist…because I wasn’t fulfilling my “wifely duties” (on so many levels). I was blessed with an amazing therapist who helped me work my way through the 28 years of muck I had been traversing through up until then. I was on my way to finding myself again.
And she got me started on setting boundaries…that it was okay to say no, that I was worthy of so much more than I would have ever allowed myself to be. 40+ years later, I’m continuing on this journey. I have some more threads to cut and more boundaries to set. It’s a process and I’m ok with that…because I get to decide what’s best for me.
How about you ? Are you sacrificing yourself with the over caring of others ? If there was one boundary you wish you could set, what would it be ? Can you take a step towards it today ?
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 