Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces

I've come to the conclusion that finding the person meant to be with you, is like making a jigsaw puzzle.

First of all, you have to sort through a sea of pieces even before you can make the foundation (the frame). That can take some time and sorting.

Once that's done, then it's a matter of finding the pieces that fit together.

There are some pieces you know not to even bother to try to fit together. It's clear they don't fit and why waste your time trying.

Then there're those pieces that look like they fit together. You can snap them into place, but there's always that little bit of wiggle room that shouldn't be there. You can try very hard to make those pieces fit together, but the reality will always be the same, they just don't.

Of course there's always the worry of what if there's a missing piece to the puzzle and I never find it. Well, the reality is that you won't know that until you put the puzzle together and find the pieces that fit.

But eventually, after all the sifting, the sorting, the attempts to find the pieces that fit, at some point you find the right piece that snaps right into place. It's a perfect fit. There's no struggle to get it to line up, it just does. And no matter how much you turn the pieces around, they stay together because they are meant to be a fit.

Eventually, you will build the rest of the puzzle around the pieces you finally found fit together and it comes out complete and beautiful. Sometimes you may need glue to hold it completely together, but we are all fragile at some time in our life and need a little bit of glue to make sure we stay together.

It's just the way I see the reality of finding that person with whom you are meant to be. It's not really complicated, you just have to be willing to do the work to put the puzzle together, but once you do, the end result is a lifelong achievement.

8/31/13

12:57 p.m.