JIGSAW PUZZLE
A few days back I was at my cousin’s place and was helping my nephew solve a jigsaw puzzle. Every time we were able to settle a piece, his face would exude joy and satisfaction, sometimes we joined mismatched pieces also and the displeasure was also evident on his innocent face. That 20 min game made me realize and understand some of the most important lessons; our life is also a jigsaw puzzle, just a bit more elaborate with some more pieces but the rule is the same…..you keep configuring it correctly and you will be happy.
Like in a puzzle game the company provides us with all the pieces required to complete the picture so also God has given us all the pieces, they are just scattered and it is left to us, how to assemble it. The only difference is that the company provides us with a blue-print of the picture but God does not.
The best lesson I learnt from the game is no part of life is useless or bad….it may be a misfit but certainly not bad…it will fit somewhere else in the larger picture. Also if we try to forcefully settle a part somewhere it only leads to ruining of the piece and the picture both which is bound to give us displeasure.
But the beauty and complication of this game is that all the pieces unfold gradually they are all clandestine pieces…when the right time comes they will unfold. We have to just wait for the right time but be vigilant enough to know the turn of time and to act quickly and locate the pieces an organize them this is the second lesson I learnt.
The third and the most important lesson I learnt was, we can never grow if we can’t be childish. Like it is said there is only one way to understand a game…play it, similarly there is only one way to understand life…live it. So live life before the last piece unfolds.