Guilt
Our focus this week — Oct 8-14: “Weathering the Storms”
Today’s MotD: Guilt. When it comes to weathering storms, we may be tempted to add feelings of guilt to the mix because we feel that we must have done something to deserve it (unless of course it’s a consequence of an action we took—that’s different). Or maybe the guilt has more to do with having survived the “storm” where someone else did not (ie: threat of layoffs at work, your co-worker friend was let go, but you were not).
Our challenge here is keeping the “I’m not worthy” or “I’m not good enough” or “I’m not enough” or “I should have known” or “maybe I could have stopped this from happening” statements out of our minds because then we’re adding guilt to our storm…now, does that really help matters ?
Today’s topic goes hand-in-hand with MotD 281’s in that it serves us best to focus on the facts of the situation and to honestly assess: Is there truly something I need to feel guilty about in this situation ? More than likely not. And if there is, then it behooves us to do what needs to be done to rectify it—fix what needs to be fixed, then learn and grow from it.
How about you ? If you are currently “weathering a storm”, have you allowed guilt to arise where it doesn’t belong ? Do you take on the “I must have done something to deserve this” guilt when a “storm” arises ? Are you open to just being with what is without adding guilt to the mix ?
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.
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