This Too Shall Pass
Our focus this week — Oct 8-14: “Weathering the Storms”
Today’s MotD: This Too Shall Pass. Today we’re reminded that this too (this storm) shall pass. We’ve weathered many storms. Some have been short-lived and left as if they never happened, barely a memory. Others have been long gone and yet have left some debris behind that we may still be dealing, and remember like it happened yesterday. Either way, they’ve passed.
Saying “this too shall pass” is not about making light of whatever storm we’re in the midst of currently, it’s about remembering that, to some degree, we’ve been there, done that, and threw away the t-shirt…a few times before…and we’re still here…and hopefully, for the wiser/better.
”This too shall pass” is a gentle reminder that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel which we can use as motivation or inspiration to keep going, to hang in there…we’re almost there.
Even if we have no way of knowing how we’re going to make it through the storm, just knowing that at some point in the future it will have passed can give us a sense of hope. And in these cases, maybe that’s when we learn to turn it over to a Higher Power, to be guided through it. In the meantime, this storm begs the question: how are we making the most of it so that we can somehow find peace, hope, and/or joy along the way through the storm ?
How about you ? What does knowing “this too shall pass” do for you ? What helps you keep going through whatever storm(s) you’re weathering ? How can you make the most of this storm so that your journey through it gives you some form of peace, hope, and/or joy ?
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 