It's always the small pieces that make the big picture....

If I can look at my life as an object, I would describe it as a puzzle. Not necessarily a flat edged, bordered puzzle though, more like an ever changing 3-D shape.

When you are born, your base or foundation is created. It’s the start of stability in your life. As you get older, you start to build pieces to your puzzle. When it comes to the lessons that are learned some are permanent pieces that are life lessons that add to your base, others are temporary that fit in your puzzle for a short period and then your puzzle takes a different shape and the piece no longer fits. I have found myself trying to force the piece into place. It’s hard to let it go and even harder to accept the loss.

The people in my life make up different parts. You have the ones that help build your foundation and sometimes they don’t stick around or they disappoint you. If left that way; your foundation begins to crumble. It might happen a little bit at a time so you don’t realize it until one event happens and it takes a bit hit. Then you have a choice to rebuild or learn to live broken. As you grow up, relationships and people come and go. Some people leave a last impression which adds to your foundations and others make a brief appearance. Sometimes you meet someone who shakes everything up in your life. They test you and teach you a trust that you haven’t EVER experienced. They give you a glimpse at something new, something better, something amazing. It’s almost as if they can see right through me to the deepest part of my soul. They have cemented themselves so deep into my foundation, that I don’t know my puzzle without them.

The talents I’ve developed are just pieces that help expand my mind and allow me to see things in a different light.

The things and objects a person has throughout their life are just temporary.

I didn’t realize until I started writing this, the people in my life effect almost everything. Whether it’s good or bad. Whether they hurt me, left me or finally showed up. The lessons, the talents, the “things,” I have in my life pale in comparison.  

So thank you for being a part of my puzzle.