Do you like jigsaw puzzles like I like puzzles?

Good. You're on.

I play them on my computer and on my smart phone. 

I even played them when they were made of cardboard. Remember then?

I can play them and think about something else.

They train my brain and are good for my hand-eye coordination.

I choose a picture and scramble it. I decide how many pieces and what sort of shapes I want to work with.

I can look back at the big picture any time.

Sometimes I don't. I get stuck in the moment.

I usually start with the frame unless I see some pattern getting in my face wanting to come together.

When that happens, I accommodate the moment.

There is usually a button I can push and the puzzle will solve itself. I don't like that.

I'd rather struggle with it, walk away, come back, struggle, walk away, come back … as long as it takes …

Whatever it takes.

It is my puzzle. I am not competing against anyone.

Of course, it is someone else' picture, someone else's vision, and a random scramble, but I have a role.

Now, I am asking about another puzzle and my role.

It's not just my picture and vision and certainly not my scramble. I can't choose the numbers, sizes, or shapes of the pieces.

I am not sure what my role is. I have come late to the table … or early … I am not sure.

I see things shaping up, but that is sometimes when the puzzle gets really perplexing.

We leave the really difficult pieces for last … not like the very end where it starts coming together … not like the beginning …

When some things are really obvious.

Now, this could go here or there or there … or we wonder …

Does it even fit at all?

Do I fit at all?

Wait! It's not about me. I am in the puzzle, but I am not the center of it …

Nor am I the artist … nor the sole solver.

I am the piece with the most jagged edges, the strange colors, the faded, thumb prints, and enough scratches and worn places to create

Confusion and

Ambiguity.

But I am not released because …

If I don't fit in, the puzzle cannot be complete and if …

If I do not participate in fitting in the pieces I must arrange …

The puzzle cannot be complete. 

So, it is a good thing I like puzzles because … 

The Puzzle Maker is not letting me off the hook for this.

I an unexpected moment of wonder, it will mysteriously all come together.