Musings....Life's puzzles

When we set out to pursue a vision in life, we assemble everything we know about the subject of our vision like a giant jig-saw puzzle on a huge table top. The next thing we seem to do is to stand and stare at the piles of pieces to see if anything that make sense jumps out at us.

It is at this point where humans break into two groups. Those who see nothing in the pieces and so continue to look at them, and those who dig into the pieces and start trying to put them together.

Those who continue to stare at the pieces hoping something will materialize are finished. They will go no further and they will be critical of those who have forged ahead regardless.

Those who forge ahead will again divide into two groups. Those who diligently continue on trying to find their way through the puzzle, and those who lack persistance and determination and drop out when they cannot find the needed pieces easily. This group now joins the other idlers in standing by and casting aspersions on those who continue on.

Of the group who continue assembling the puzzle, there are two groups. Those who by either luck or attentiveness find their way through the puzzle, and those who by force and intimidation force the puzzle pieces together. Of these final two groups, the former has a nicely completed project and the latter a completed project bereft of any beauty and utility, but completed nonetheless.

Which group are you in?