Beth's
Ponderings
I love doing jigsaw
puzzles. In fact, one if the things that
I really like about doing this paper, is that it is like a jigsaw puzzle, in
that I have to fit everything together in a manner that best fits and looks
good.
When we were
growing up, every year for Christmas, my dad would get a puzzle and Christmas
afternoon would be spent working on it. A
jigsaw puzzle on the go was a favourite winter pastime in our family (though,
we never confined them just to the winter months).
In 2018, I really
had fun and completed 36 jigsaw puzzles, ranging in size from 500 to 1,000
pieces. While I was able to complete
them all, there was that one moment, in the midst of each puzzle, usually just
after the halfway point, but up to the three-quarters point, where things
became a bit more challenging and it seems like I’d never get another piece in,
and the puzzle will never get done.
Yet, it was never a
permanent state. All it usually took was
a step away from the puzzle and deep breath, and when I returned the next
obvious piece practically jumped into my hand and I was able to continue.
We are at that time
where we are wrapping up one year and entering the great unknown of a new year. Typically, at this time, we review what
happened last year - the highlights and lowlights, our accomplishments and
challenges, and what we still have yet to do.
Then, we look at the pristine new calendar and start dreaming of
everything we want to experience and get done in the days and months ahead. What often happens is that we have more ideas
than days in the year, or hours in the day!
Or, we could be facing a major change and have more days and hours with
nothing to fill them as our life has been turned upside down.
Yet, like the
jigsaw puzzle, at its most challenging spot, all is not lost. All the pieces we need to complete our
picture (aka life) are available to us, whether we can readily see them or not. And all the pieces we have put in before will
help us to determine what our next piece should be. We just need to take a step away and take a
deep breath, and soon the next right piece will reveal itself. May 2019 be a colourful year for you.
Beth
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