Being Human
Our focus this week — Oct 29-Nov 4: “Humility”
Today’s MotD: Be Human. Part of being human is that we come with our foibles, flaws, and, at time, our foolishness all the while we’re trying to convince ourselves and others that we know what we’re doing. In general, being human tends to be a humbling experience, just when we think we’ve “got it”, something or someone comes along to prove it otherwise. Oh this mortal coil.
From EasyLlama.com they define humility as:
Humility is the quality of having a modest and respectful view of oneself. It involves recognizing and acknowledging one’s limitations, weaknesses, and accomplishments without arrogance or self-importance. Humility encourages openness to learning from others, empathy towards others’ perspectives, and a willingness to admit mistakes and seek improvement. It is characterized by a balanced sense of self-worth and an ability to value and uplift others.
For me, I grew up in an environment where whenever I showed my parents something I did that I was proud of, I was told “no one likes a braggart”. Nothing kills a happy child faster. So I learned to never be proud of myself, to just be quiet about the things I accomplished, put my head down, and move onto the next thing.
And because of that, in later years it made it challenging for me to accept compliments. I usually discounted what they said and downplayed what I did. Over time I’ve learned to acknowledge it and just say “thank you”; yet a part of me inside still tends to play this down a bit.
Humility is a tricky thing. Our challenge becomes maintaining our humility while also allowing ourselves to be proud of ourselves for our accomplishments.
How about you ? Do you allow yourself to be proud of your accomplishments ? Do you tend to downplay them, especially if you receive praise for them ? When you are proud of yourself, are you able to maintain some level of humility in the process ?
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 