Life Puzzles, Part 2

There are times in the picture-puzzle solving process when we seem to be stumped. We have all the colors of a section and only a few are remaining to fit into place, but no matter how hard we try, we can’t get those last few pieces to fit. Sometimes the explanation is that we’ve forced a puzzle piece to make a wrong connection. We have it in a spot where it doesn’t belong. We have to undo — disconnect — the mistaken piece and start again, careful to set it out of the way until we find the correct piece.

In our lives there are times when we have forced things to fall into place the way we think they should, only to find ourselves stuck in our spiritual progression. Through meditation, contemplation, and discernment, we can discover our mistake, undo or disconnect it, and then rework the problem area. Only this time, we are more cautious about making the correct connection. Once that is accomplished, we move forward again.