Recently I had a break from work and while away I worked on a jigsaw puzzle I purchased some time ago. The puzzle has 1000 pieces and depicts a scene of the North Yorkshire village of Staithes in England. As I was getting closer to completing the puzzle it became easier to find pieces to fit the ever decreasing number of gaps in the puzzle. There were pieces however that I could not find despite having a much smaller number of possibilities to search through. As the puzzle had been attempted before and not completed, I began to question if all the pieces were actually there. I laid out the remaining pieces based on shape and colour but I still could not find some pieces it seemed. I had convinced myself that one or more pieces were missing, and there was, I thought, valid reasons for that to be a possibility. On the previous attempt to complete the puzzle, one person helping, returned from another room saying they 'found' a piece on the floor in the other room. That pretty much smashed my trust that all the pieces would actually be there. I continued placing pieces, one by one, until there were about 30 left to go. I thought to count the pieces and count the spaces to find out for sure, but could not do it based on the simple fear that there would be a shortfall. To my surprise, pieces that I could not find previously, despite there being limited choices, actually turned up and filled gaps - I don't know why I could not find them before.
Finally I got to the last few pieces and realised that all the pieces were indeed there and the puzzle was complete. That was the end of the puzzle, but not the end of the story... What the experience showed me was how simple it was to have my trust in something put into doubt. I then began to ponder more about trust, how much I either do or don't trust certain things. I discovered my trust in some things can be solid and unshakeable, while in other areas it takes very little to diminish my level of trust.
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