Puzzle???

I love jig saw puzzles. Especially when they are scattered everywhere and how one bit at a time leads to the bigger picture.

At home, having a 5 year old means missing pieces of jig saw puzzles.  Today, it was cleaning day which is a ritual when the toys are all over the place. As I started segregating the various kinds of toys, I happened to pull a jigsaw puzzle pieces.  There were many.  I had to do something about it.

Once I got hold of the pieces, I started arranging them.  They were really tricky.  Sometimes it looked as if I was at an herculean task of arranging the puzzle with few pieces.  The mind was trying to deceive me by tricking me that most of the pieces were missing and I can never arrange the puzzle.  I was not the one to give up, I called the in house expert nemo to fix the puzzle.

That is the beauty of kids.  She collected all the pieces and started arranging it in her style.  It was amazing to see how she knew where each piece went.  In no time, she fixed it and ran to play some other game.

I sat there staring at the puzzle.  I couldn't help thinking how most of the times our life is like the jig saw puzzle.  While arranging it, half way through we feel like giving up because we are made to think some pieces are missing.  If we don't give up and continue to arrange is when we can see a shape or we reach our destiny.