Accept Yourself
Our focus this week — Oct 15-22: “Self-Acceptance”
Today’s MotD: Accept Yourself. We’re encouraged to accept ourselves even when it seems like no one else does. By doing so, though, doesn’t mean we can do or say whatever we want, it means that we have the self awareness enough to accept it without imposing it on others.
For instance, if we’re having a bit of a rough day, we can react by resisting it, doing whatever self-satisfying thing we can do to make us feel better, or take on the attitude that “if I’m having a bad day I’m going to make sure everyone else does too.”
OR… we can take a moment to acknowledge that “yes, I’m having a bit of a rough day” and accept that that’s where we are today, or at least in that moment. Then from this present moment space/place, we gain the power to change it or we’re given the grace to live with it.
We’re reminded that “accepting” doesn’t mean condoning or surrendering, it means that this is where I am right now and being in the “right now” gives us the opportunity to consciously be okay with it or to make whatever change(s) we deem necessary.
How about you ? Whenever you find yourself in a state other than peace or joy, do you tend to resist it and maybe lash out ? Or, do you acknowledge it, accept it, and then consciously choose to remain in that state or change it ? Which approach do you think will serve you better ?
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 