Mandala Mondays - Spring Preview
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As we creep towards spring, I'm aware of longer, light-filled days. There's more light to see how dirty the house is. It begs for a spring cleaning, but also for decluttering. I want to let go of things that no longer serve me. Do I really need 87 teapots? Do I need to remain tight in the bud? I want to discard more than gloves, boots and scarves. I want to feel the clean, spring air through my hair and wash away foggy brain cells. The first snow drops from last month disappeared below a snow bank. Yesterday, their delicate Q-tip heads emerged pure and intact through winter debris.
They inspired today's mandala "Spring Preview". Look around you. What is your spring preview?
To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard. If one changes internally, one should not continue to live with the same objects. They reflect one's mind and psyche of yesterday. I throw away what has no dynamic, living use.
~Anais NinAs we creep towards spring, I'm aware of longer, light-filled days. There's more light to see how dirty the house is. It begs for a spring cleaning, but also for decluttering. I want to let go of things that no longer serve me. Do I really need 87 teapots? Do I need to remain tight in the bud? I want to discard more than gloves, boots and scarves. I want to feel the clean, spring air through my hair and wash away foggy brain cells. The first snow drops from last month disappeared below a snow bank. Yesterday, their delicate Q-tip heads emerged pure and intact through winter debris.
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 3/8/2010 10:50 AM 
Categories: Nature, Mandala, Photography, Art, Spirituality
Tags: Spring mandala Anais Nin snow drops
Categories: Nature, Mandala, Photography, Art, Spirituality
Tags: Spring mandala Anais Nin snow drops
Your mandala reminds me of a snowflake transformed into plant.
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I certainly think you need 87 teapots. I am so glad you wrote this post because I need to do the same thing to my house. Good luck on that happening. Love the picture of the snow drops. And I don't need a teapot. Do you need a cat or two???
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LOL, I have three cats. Are you sure you don't want a teapot or ten?
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OM
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Beautiful mandala.
It's amazing to me how hardy these first spring flowers are. I can't say I've ever greeted spring with as much enthusiasm as this year. Much of my yard was buried under almost three feet of snow just a month ago, and today, the last of the snow piles disappeared. And miraculously, my baby azaleas survived being buried under all that snow.
There are so many messages for us in nature's resilience - and in the coming of spring. I feel an unexplainable urge to clean out my closets....
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