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Life the Puzzle in Time
Life is really not as difficult to understand if we could just see the big picture. Allow me to illustrate my point through the use of my love for jigsaw puzzles. I have always had a fondness for puzzles and mysteries. Growing up my first introduction to words came from my mother, who is an avid crossword puzzle fan. She would say, just find the letters that match in the puzzle to make these words. It was at that moment my fondness for words and problem solving was born. One day in my early twenties, I was in a transitional place in my life, we all have them it’s a normal place to be in during our evolution. It’s a period in your life where one season is ending and your in that “I know I am suppose to be doing something else, but what” moment. During this period I had a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle on my coffee table. I had finished putting the frame together and was starting to fill in the inner pieces. I have come to learn, when I give my conscious mind a task to focus on my subconscious can be heard loud and clear. As I am holding a puzzle piece in my hand, while scanning the already connected pieces to see if this piece is ready to be connected to any of the other pieces, like a thunder bolt crashing against the midnight sky I heard I hear my subconscious voice say “When you see your big picture, you will see the direction your are suppose to go in for this season of your life.” I sat in awe of what I had heard, I looked around to make sure there wasn’t someone else in my apartment. Highlights of my life prior to that moment began playing like I was sitting in my local theater. I was taken back to a time in my life when I was about knee high to a grasshopper. I was watching an 80’s sitcom called “The Jefferson’s.” There was an episode where Louise who volunteered at the “Help Center” was helping a lady who was a prostitute. I believe she was trying to get the lady to change professions, but as I was watching I heard myself say, “that’s what I want to do, help people.” Then the flashback flashed forward and just like adults do, they ask little kids “what do you want to be when you grow up?” My response was child psychologist. The adult seemed impressed, but I had no idea what it was or where I had ever heard the words. I had no idea that years and years later I would begin my journey to becoming a psychologist who would work with at risk youth. Everything I have ever done in my life that has ever given me an intrinsic joy has always been solving problems and helping people find their way. It was at that moment that I realized that I was the puzzle piece in my hand, waiting to be connected to create my big picture. Bells were ringing, whistles blowing, and the sheer excitement of that moment has forever been etched in my mind, leaving me with the understanding that just like the creator of the puzzle in a box I was working on, the creator of life the puzzle in time, created a big picture associated that can be seen through the experiences we experience. Each of us have our own big picture. If you dumped the bag of pieces onto your coffee table, it looked like a confusing mess to he who has yet to be taught the art of putting jigsaw puzzles together. When I compared what I saw to life, it corresponds with the our incarnation. We enter this dimension with a bag of experiences that when put together will give us our big picture. Don’t allow experiences to just lay on your coffee table of life. If you have to have these experiences, why not put it together and see your big picture?
By Kandra Brown6 years ago in Motivation
The Least You Can Do
So, you have set your goal, now what? Well, in the wise words spoken by Thomas Jefferson, "If you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done." Yet, the question still remains, how do I do something I have never done or don't know how to do? Whether your goals are physical, emotional, spiritual or financial, I will cover how you can take the first steps to successfully achieving your goal by starting with the least you can do.
By Marci Brodock6 years ago in Motivation
The Reality Of Expectations
Expectations are what you or others expect from you. Reality is exactly how it works out. There may be times that our expectations fall into our reality. Research has however verified that this is only a small percentage of the time. We always have higher expectations of ourselves because of others.
By Chantelle C6 years ago in Motivation
How To Enrich Your Life and Live It Full Out
People are constantly trying to live up to some kind of expectation. These norms are not always meant to be the best thing for us, and so we get caught in a vortex of striving for success and winding up unhappy. You might feel like you have to change yourself in order to move ahead in life, that you need to cover certain scars, and smile for the camera.
By Valerie Taylor6 years ago in Motivation
Hello inner critic.
The other day I witnessed something in myself , something that went unnoticed countless times before. A process that is as damaging as it is elusive. But since I learned about its existence, my radar was up. And as I caught this phenomenon in action - I was able to stop it in its tracks, not allowing it to gain any substantial air time and preventing the damage from being done. Ladies and gentlemen, please meet the inner critic - part of our psyche that is always up for not so constructive criticism. Unfortunately, it usually appears when we need it the least - namely when we feel somehow weakened already, and could do with some support and compassion instead. This aspect of ourselves is the inner voice that will say something like "what were you thinking?” , "it’s your own fault", "you’re so useless “ and so on and so forth. While it’s certainly counterproductive that it would get activated while we are in some sort of a crisis , it also makes perfect sense given the fact that most of us grew up being punished for multiple "errors" on our part. Self - punishment then becomes a program that we switch on when things don’t go as planned.
By Eva Smitte6 years ago in Motivation
“Why you should always be yourself no matter what.” By Sentual Strong: October 22, 2019
Has there ever been a moment in life where you just felt like you’ll be judged or dislike for behaving like your normal self? Well, you aren’t alone with the experience if that question applies to you. There are many times where we may feel like being are natural selves would cause a problem but in all honesty, you should be yourself no matter what. You can still be in peace with your surroundings and be who you truly are at the same time. As you read on I’m going to tell you how that is possible for every single person and why we should just be ourselves at all times.
By Sentual Strong6 years ago in Motivation
How to Break Routines and Habits.
Many people tend to fall prey to the vicious cycle of routines. I look around at the residents of the little town in which I live, and I am shocked to find that this applies to about 90% of them. They tend to allow their lives to be ran by a routine they had fallen into a long time ago, the false satisfaction of knowing what tomorrow holds, and the day after that, and the day after that, due to the clockwork vice that rules their lives. Think of your acquaintances for a second. I'm sure many of us know people that will never leave their town, drink at the same shitty old bar every second day, watch the same TV show, work the same job, and eventually die in the same house they had moved into back when they were young. That's the harsh reality that many people wake up to everyday, the truth that they are going to deny until the day they are buried six feet beneath the soil.
By Alex Barbu6 years ago in Motivation
