We’re Not Alone
Our focus this week — Oct 29-Nov 4: “Humility”
Today’s MotD: We’re Not Alone. Continuing with the humility theme, sometimes we forget that no matter what we accomplish, we never do it alone. We may think we do, but if we were to examine it more closely we would realize that without certain things or people in our lives (known or unknown), we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.
Even simple things like going for a walk: someone designed/made/provided the clothes we wear to be able to go out into the elements, someone made/provided the shoes we wear to protect our feet, someone “blazed” the trail/path/road we walk on, someone made/provided the food we eat in order to have the energy to go out for that walk.
While we’re encouraged to be proud of ourselves for accomplishing what we do (even if it’s to walk around the block), at the same time it behooves us to acknowledge what had to have happened or been done before to make it possible for us to do what we do.
For instance, in order for me to write this post, I have an iPad, a keyboard, internet access, a wordpress account, Melody Beattie’s book, watercolor paper, watercolor paint, brushes, water, the wood panel for the puzzle pieces, a room/home, electricity, a desk, a lamp, a smartphone, a camera in the smartphone, an app to edit the photo, and of course my body and all that it provides (a functioning brain to think/paint/write, hands to paint and type, eyes to see what I paint, what I write, and to be able to read Melody’s book).
All of these things and all that I may have overlooked, make it possible for me to write this post. I’m proud of myself for creating this post and painting this next puzzle piece…but humility begs to remind me that I didn’t do it all alone.
How about you ? Do you ever think about what it takes to make it possible for you to do what you do ? When you accomplish a task/project/goal, what else made it possible for you to do that ? As you go about your day today, take note of what exists in your life that makes it possible for you to “go about your day”.
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 