How Am I a Puzzle Piece?
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We are all a puzzle piece in this world. We all fit together…but not always one with the other.
Every single one of us is connected. We all come from the same source, the same oversoul, or if you prefer, God/Goddess, Powers-that-be, etc. As such, we are all one, or at least all part of the greater whole.
Each of us is a puzzle piece that makes up the big picture of the world.
Like any puzzle, only certain pieces fit to other pieces. One puzzle piece is on this side of the picture, another on the far side, and some are middles while others are edges. Each is a different size, shape, color, and so forth.
Though each is individual, when we interlock them, we get a whole picture. Each individual piece comes together, no matter how they differ, to form a unique whole.
Even though we are each different, because we are part of the greater whole, we are all the same. When you strip away the flesh and the nationality and the religion and the gender, the stuff beneath is going to be the same. Deeper than that, our souls are made of the same intangible stuff.
We frequently talk about how we differ. Some use the differences between us to divide us, employing fear and lack and scarcity to pull us apart.
There are a limited number of options we can use for this on the grand scale of things. But each and every one of us, as an individual, is empowered to work with this. We get to choose what differences we see, and how they affect how we will interact with the people we encounter.
This is not just about our differences.
Every puzzle piece tries to fit with another
We have our families, our friends, the communities we form, and no matter how introverted we might be, it is human nature to seek connection. When we make those connections, they will forms new groupings, and each of these groupings may or may not interconnect with one another. As such, even when you put more than one puzzle piece together, those larger pieces may still not fit with one another.
And that’s ok. We form communities based on likes and dislikes, dreams and aspirations, ways of thinking, beliefs, and all sorts of various artifices. Yes, artifices, because the vast majority of how we see differences is artificial, and not an actual difference. Remember, each is a puzzle piece that fits together to build the bigger, complete picture.
Yet no matter how much we acknowledge this, we are still going to have our differences. Some greater, some lesser. How we think, how we see the world, how we see ourselves impacts the packs we form. Each pack, however we label them, will build together…but also destroy together.
Because we are living in a fear-based society, rather than teaching acceptance of our differences, instead we explore how much further the ways in which we differ can pull us apart. We make them black and white, polar opposites, so that we can more easily explain us versus them and the like.
It’s far easier to choose an either/or than to have multiple options. Left or right, up or down, Republican or Democrat, man or woman…either/or suppositions.
But there is almost always more than just the either/or, and rather than encourage that, we tend to fear it.
You and I have the option to change this.
It starts with the self
All change starts small. It begins with each of us individually. But we have to desire it, decide upon it, and choose to do it.
First, we need to recognize that each of us is a puzzle piece. No matter how well we know that we fit into any given portion of the puzzle, there are still more pieces out there, many of which we will never fit together with. And that is ok.
How we think about ourselves matters. What I say about me makes an impression in my subconscious, often more powerful than what anybody else might say.
Consciousness creates reality. When we take our thoughts, empower them with feelings, and move with intentional actions, we create our lives. If we ignore the self, we do not leave enough fuel to do much of anything for anyone else, either.
And that is another place where we each can do better with changing the world. I have been working for a while now on thinking and speaking better about myself. Self-talk winds up burrowing into our subconscious, and if we are not nice to ourselves, we can sabotage our conscious efforts. And no, this is not saying I am amazing or super-intelligent or anything grandiose and over-the-top…it is about not kicking myself when I screw up, or calling myself a dumbass or an idiot and the like.
I am me, and I am an individual. However, I am also just a puzzle piece among a multitude. While I am working on thinking and speaking better of myself, it also occurs to me I need to be better about how I speak and think about others.
Remember that words matter
Words matter. It’s easy to forget that, especially when we are a puzzle piece that has merged with others to form our community…and we begin to discuss others.
People like to talk about people. I think that is a basic part of human nature. However, we sometimes get off track, and talk turns to gossip, comparison, competition, and judgment.
Most of this is not meant in any way to be malicious. Yet I am surprised to find how often my conversations, when they turn to other people, head down this path. I would not be happy to have anyone else talking about me in this manner…so maybe I should consider that before I talk about them.
We are all a puzzle piece in this world. We all fit together…but not always one with the other. When we consider what this means and how this can impact each and every one of us, we can use this knowledge to improve ourselves, and with that empowerment improve others around us.
Where does your life’s puzzle piece fit into your world?
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