MONDAY MUSE (5 May 2008)
JIGSAW PUZZLE
This is about an incident that took place 15 years ago. On a visit to the home
of my friends Ashwin and Nishta, the maid told me that they had gone on an
evening walk. I chose to wait in the verandah reading the newspapers lying
there. When they came back, Nishta went into the living room only to return
with a query, “How did you solve it?” Seeing my quizzical expression, she
pointed out to a jigsaw puzzle.
The jigsaw puzzle was one of pieces of different sizes which had to be joined
to form a rectangle that could fit in the box that contained the puzzle. Nishta
could not put it together and she thought that I was able to solve the puzzle.
Realising that I had not even seen the puzzle, she called out to the maid to
enquire whether somebody else had come visiting while they were away.
When the maid replied in the negative, a puzzled Nishta asked, “Then who did
this?” and pointed to the box in her hand. The maid was immediately apologetic,
“Didi, the pieces were lying around. I just put them in the box while cleaning
up the room.” She had cracked the puzzle without even knowing it.
The lesson is simple. Jigsaw puzzles can be also solved without trying to solve
them. Too often we look at life’s puzzles and are overwhelmed by their imagined
magnitude. Most of the complications are just blocks in our own minds. To BE
BETTER at solving life’s puzzles, we must take on challenges as normal
interventions and not be overawed by them.
Surtely the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle will fall in place...
To BE BETTER let’s every challenge at our own pace!
regards
Pravin-da
5 May 2008, Goa, India.
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