… well, someone must think I can assemble it, not just someone but all of them, because they have all gone and left me to work it out. I honestly feel like running after them and following them to the land of the unknown. But it is not my time yet and they had finished their job, it was their time to go. I am wandering around wondering what I am meant to be doing, why anyone thinks I am ready and able is beyond me. Why I am positioned to take this task is rather strange. No one prepared me for this, I was treated like the one that did not matter, the one that had no voice, the one that was surplus to requirement, now I am ask to speak, not just to speak, but to do all the talking and make all the decisions, is that not ironical? When I was not even allowed to voice my opinions? How does the shy retiring one become the leader? How does the unselected become the elected? How does the one whose name was not on the ballot paper become the president? How does the one in the field with the flocks become the king? How does the one that did not fight for the position obtain it? How? Because I honesty don’t get it!
How do you annoint and ordain the timid? Why is there a coronation for the bewildered and unsure? Why have I been left in the room to sort it out? Where are my counsellors and my advisers? Where are those that speak wisdom and directions into my life? Where? Where are they? The box of jigsaw puzzle is in front of me and the door is shut, by myself someone truly thinks I can put this together. I feel like shouting out, there has been a mistake, a mix up, the wrong person has been left in the room, but there is no one to hear my shout and there is no mistake or mix-up. It is just me and the box of puzzle, life is a puzzle! I was never schooled in puzzles. I was shielded and protected, sometimes simply forgotten and ignored, yet I have now been crowned the jigsaw puzzle master. Isn’t that comical? It is laughable. The crown fits awkwardly, I have seen better placement, better stride, better carriage, more prepared individual. But someone still thinks I am the one, when not a single soul thought so, my maker knew what he made, he knew what he deposited within me, He knew what he put into me, He knows my intricate being and parts, He knows my abilities, my enablements, my endowments, my capabilities, He knows my awesomeness, he also knows my limitations, He knows because He made me, He alone knows and He has left me in the room with the puzzle because He knows I can assemble it, He knows I am able!
Like a jigsaw puzzle expert, l considered my strategy, took a part of life I can tackle, the bit I can manage now, not ready for the 5000 pieces puzzle just yet, yes I looked at all that is happening around me, what is life doing and demanding of me and I picked one. At any point in time we must know what puzzle we are working on, we must not tackle life in an aimless, goaless manner. We can not hop from puzzle to puzzle without completing any, neither can we be a puzzle master without any puzzle. I chose my space to lay out my puzzle. My mental space, my spiritual space where there will be no disturbance or distraction, where I can process all the parts and put them together to fit. The importance of the space can not be over emphasised. Without a space, there is no completed jigsaw puzzle. Without a mental space, spiritual space we are unable to adequately process life. In our busy schedule, our topsy turvy lifestyle, we must make time and space to put things together.
With space created, I had to take all pieces of my chosen puzzle and flip them all facing up, seeing is important in tackling life, we all must do all we can to see as much as possible to tackle the puzzle pieces of life. Each intricate bit must be faced upward. There is no advantage to remaining in darkness or ignorance. We must follow on to know. People perish for lack of knowledge . What aspect of life are we tackling and what do we know about its parts? Which parts are hidden to us and what are we doing to face them up?
With all faces up, we start with the edges of the puzzle, in life this is defining our goals, the parameters, our objectives, attainables.What is my end plan? What do I want to achieve? Nobody assembles a puzzle half-hearted. I am committed. My end game is always peace and calmness. Then we start to study and sort shapes, colours and angles of the pieces, ‘what goes with what’ in our lifes? What goes together? What does not belong together? What must we team together or not etc.
As we work we learn not to give up, not to faint, have a break if tired and needed but we always go back when fully rested. The puzzle can be completed, will be completed and yes is completed!
Life is a puzzle and I am a puzzle master, you are a puzzle master, go for it, you are able!
Beautiful Ivory 