Fruit Mandala

Look around:  I bet you have some fruit hanging around, too. Question is, "Is it ripe or rotten?"

As I sat down for my morning meditation (after breakfast), I saw the basket of clementines. I reached in, pulling them out one by one and noticed that a few had begun to mold. As I tossed those out and began arranging the rest for today's mandala creation, I realized how I had been ignoring what was in front of me for several days. I bought the oranges for healthy eating, but not one had been touched except to become part of this mandala. I contemplated how many times opportunities for something better are right in front of our noses yet we leave the door closed and miss that window to a new world. What are YOU procrastinating? What's the fear based on - failure or success? Grab hold of your clementine, make a choice, and move on. Whatever the fear - embrace it and move through it. Don't let it hold you in place to stare at the rotten fruit it will certainly yield.

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