piece puzzle with a picture that’s rather tricky to put together. Either way, as you work through this puzzle of life, you’re more than likely going to try forcing some wrong pieces into the empty spaces. They look like they should fit, but as you continue on, it becomes clearer to you that they’re just not meant to line up that way. So what do you have to do? Well, break it apart, of course, and reassemble those pieces the right way.
Sometimes you’re working on a section and can’t find the piece to complete that particular section. It can be very frustrating. You shuffle and shuffle the pieces but you just can’t find that special piece. Come on, it’s got to be in here somewhere. I find it funny that just when I’ve pretty much given up, the piece seems to reveal itself. But why did I work so hard to find that single piece? Why did I let it cause frustration? The truth is that the piece was there all along, and if I had just been patient, I could have had the same result without the frustration. That sounds a bit like life, doesn’t it? Sometimes we push and push and push for a desired result. We’re attached to an outcome. We can’t wait. We get frustrated at the lack of results … and then “it just happens”. The answer was there all along, but until we let go, until we surrender, the answer just doesn’t seem to come. Until it does.
Well that sounds a bit like life too, doesn’t it? Every step of the way you’re making progress. Sometimes a piece is just a piece and it falls into place effortlessly. Other times a particular piece brings great satisfaction. You can’t help but tap down on the piece a few times, sort of like patting yourself on the back for a job well done. Yup, there are a few special pieces along the way of every jigsaw puzzle journey. Is that starting to sound familiar? Is that how your life is occurring? Some pieces are hard to find, others seem to just fall in to place, and a few others provide great satisfaction.
Sometimes people jump in to help with the jigsaw puzzle. As much as I enjoy working on my puzzles and don’t mind doing them alone, something special seems to happen when people jump in to help. It’s almost like a type of bonding that takes place. There’s no competition, and everyone feels the satisfaction of a few pieces joined together regardless of who gets the piece. Smiles, winks and high fives have been seen to happen when a team of fellow puzzle solvers comes together. The helpers often approach puzzle solving a bit differently than you do, but it really doesn’t matter. Like a true community, the help is always appreciated. Hhmmm, that sounds a lot like life should happen, doesn’t it?
“God’s will is like a jigsaw puzzle until you put all the pieces together, you won’t be able to see the whole picture.”
― Danny L. Deaubé
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