DAY 14 – THE JIGSAW PUZZLE

I am looking at a picture on a box of a valley surrounded by mountains filled with gigantic trees. There are birds in the blue sky and deer in the green meadows. Everything seems to be in a harmonic state.

This picturesque setting depicted the mosaic of the jigsaw puzzle within the box. When emptying the pieces on the floor an anxiety came over me when I realized that I had to figure out how each of these five hundred pieces fit together.

I kept looking at the picture on the box in my attempt to find just two pieces that would join together. Once this occurred other attachments would follow. After many hours over a long period of time of being frustrated of trying to find another attachment and the joy each time of finding another piece to fit perfectly in its rightful place, I finally had the completed mosaic lying right in front of me. It struck me that there is something about life that makes it seem like a complicated jigsaw puzzle.

Just like there are five hundred completely separate and unique pieces to the jigsaw puzzle, each of us face many personal situations that often times seem like they are distinct situations and completely separate from one another. While our time is spent maneuvering through the daily grinds as well as through the pleasant moments we often do not see how the pieces of life got us to where we are.

In order for each of us to develop a deeper understanding about life we need to figure out what pieces go where and how each one connects with the other pieces of life so that we have fewer difficulties and more moments that we truly enjoy. While each of us brings our own unique perspective to what we do and believe in, the desire of human beings everywhere to have a fulfilling and rewarding life can shape how the personal and societal pieces of life can come together in a harmonious union. When this happens it is just like the completed mosaic of the jigsaw puzzle.

After finishing this jigsaw puzzle I now realize that I need to figure out how the pieces of life come together in order to have a better life and live in a better world.