Validation
Our focus this week — Oct 15-22: “Self-Acceptance”
Today’s MotD: Validation. Sometimes, on our journey to self-acceptance, it takes hearing good things about ourselves from other people to break through the wall we’ve put up to block our self-acceptance. We’re encouraged to open our hearts and listen to others—the validation is usually right there. Then our challenge becomes accepting what they say as valid, and then allowing ourselves to own it.
For the longest time I struggled with taking in the positive things other people would say to me about me or what I accomplished. I would downplay it, even reject it at times (ie, “it was nothing”). Looking back on this I realize that the reason why was because it was drilled into us not to be braggers—I know, it’s a stretch. That if we were happy about receiving a compliment, feeling all good about ourselves, the ‘rents would let us know that “no one likes a braggart”. Come to think of it, I noticed that they too would downplay compliments. They modeled it for us.
Eventually, I learned to accept the compliments, without downplay or rejection, by simply saying “thank you”. I accept their validation and allow myself to embrace it internally.
How about you ? If you struggle with self-acceptance, can you be open to listening to the positive things other people say about you to you ? Can you be open to accepting the positive things they say to you ? Can you accept that what they say to you is valid ?
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 