Personal Narrative: My Mandala

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A mandala is circular in structure and is unique to the individual who is using the mandala on their journey. The mandala is unique to the user because the user needs to pick out one that represents them and ensure that it is visually appealing to them as a person. For my mandala the attributes mental, spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing would be in different sizes on my mandala because I feel my mental wellbeing mean more to me then my physical and spiritual and emotional wellbeing (What’s, 2015). The yellow area is my mental wellbeing. My mental wellbeing has always been important because if my mental wellbeing is stressed or in chaos my mind has never been able to concentrate and think things through. Being able to buckle …show more content…
I’m happy as I am and enjoy decent health were I get sick every once and awhile but otherwise am in decent health. I usually go for a walk in the evening with my significant other, son and our dog. This maintains my physical wellbeing and I enjoy the family walks to decompress and talk about their days and what happened to them. I also get to talk about my day but maintaining a good physical wellbeing means I will live longer to torment my significant other and to see our wonderful son grow up into cross my fingers a well-adjusted man. A physical wellbeing also means less days off work for doctor appointments and feeling ill. This means more days of PTO time spent on vacations and much needed days off if I need to destress from a particularly stressful day at work (Seaward, 2015).
My spiritual wellbeing is the green portion of my mandala. My spiritual wellbeing is very similar to my physical wellbeing. I feel that maintaining an inner balance that involves my values and beliefs in life. I generally strive to maintain a state of harmony in my spiritual aspect of my life. This to me is in the lower ranks because maintaining an emotional wellbeing is very similar but I strive to ensure my emotional state is good and not fractured (University,

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