I haven’t put together a jigsaw puzzle for a long time. When visiting my mom recently in her assisted
living, she had a lot of them because she can’t hear TV very well and needs to
do something. Some were not easy. But we worked together, eventually snapping
them triumphantly into place. “Ah HA!”
we’d shout.
In the scientific world, theory has it that our universe started
with the Big Bang. This must have been
impressive. All matter condensing in to
a very small dot, then BOOM, exploding outward and created the far flung
stars. Evidently, these sociable stars again
to want to conjoin, and put themselves back into galaxies. Our own galaxy spins in a spiral rotation.
Do all galaxies spin? Never wondered about this before. I can picture them spinning as a dance of
triumph as if they had collected the pieces of the Big Bang-created jigsaw and
put at least part of it together. Those
big radio listening devices aimed at space probably hear a cosmic “Ah HA!”
Anything divisive or
explosive just doesn't seem natural to us. We feel as if our lives are a dumped out jigsaw puzzle.
Even the
stars, billions of miles apart, want to form galaxies. When we don’t feel a part of things, we’re
sad. Everybody wants to be included.
When putting together a jigsaw puzzle, it helps to look
at photo on the box. Step back and look
at the whole. What makes us feel
complete? What are we looking for in our
relationships, our family, our friends, our world? Usually it is simple. To belong.
To feel loved, needed, wanted, appreciated.
Notice in your next
conversation with someone you’ve just met how there is a natural inclination to find common ground.
It is compelling for us to find ways to draw closer. Knowing that gravitational pull and a
yearning to draw together is so innate in every atom in the universe can go a
long way in helping to dispel the jigsaw puzzle presented to us every day,
whether divisive countries, or broken families and relationships.
When we’re feeling challenged by our own Big Bang events,
then it is time to reach out in charity.
Tie down moments of good. Lasso
and hog tie bits of caring. Throw mooring lines of kindness. When at last you’ve got some semblance of order
once again, I’ll join with you in a triumphant “Ah HA!”
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