Life is like a puzzle of a 1000 pieces

The inspiration for this writing came from a wonderful Video Blogging group I am a part of.  

The theme was to blog about a metaphor for life...

Like the  idea of designing my dream life, to begin a puzzle of this size seems daunting, yet exhilarating!

My heart’s desires are like the borders of the puzzle--they're easy to pick out and organize as the framework or foundation for what is to come next…

Some pieces are easy to pick out—and I notice them right away and they go exactly where I expect them to.

Other pieces are more challenging to find, and require more patience, more searching, more focus…  Then, all of a sudden when I least expect it, there it is!  It’s jumping out at me and so bloody obvious! And the find was worth the effort, because now there’s a whole group of pieces that branch off from it, and go together with ease.

Sometimes when I’m feeling frustrated that it is not just not coming together, and I can’t seem to make any progress, I put it aside, forget about it, and look at it another day, with fresh eyes…

When the last few pieces come together and I look at the finished piece of art… I feel a sense of pride, of great accomplishment, and of joy for what has unfolded before me…. 

Lorraine Gambacourt  December 15th 2013