The puzzle of life

          Imagine a puzzle, where all the pieces seem the same, and yet they each have their small differences. A shape. A size. A a dot here and there. Such little differences, yet you can’t build the puzzle until you recognise both them and the similarities. When you finally do, you are ready to start building.
         Piece by piece the picture starts to form. Piece by piece you match, you create, but you can’t see the picture yet. Life is that puzzle. The pieces show the infinite possibilities you have. Once you've made a choice to combine one piece with another, you’ve made a choice in life. The pieces that don’t match are the mistakes. One combination to another, you build and you wait to see your creation.
         After a while the pieces become more different from one another. That is because you have started learning more, and with each piece, the picture changes more. Periodically you get curious, take a step back and look at the picture that is starting to form in front of you. That is the reflection every one of us makes and must make. We reflect upon our decisions, our mistakes and no matter what, I say we have to smile. No matter how strange that picture is, no matter how many colours change, no matter the flaws, you still have a picture - a life. By having what you have, you can later on make better decisions and fewer mistakes. It becomes easier for you to build your puzzle and the next time, when you take a step back, it will be more beautiful. Those little flaws, which have taught you, will be the things that make it so.
         While you are building, you will come across a very strange piece. That piece will be so different from the ones you have seen that at first, you will think it doesn’t fit anywhere. But time will pass and you will find the perfect piece to fit - you will find the other half. The first piece is you and the second piece is your soulmate. The second piece is the one you always seemed to be searching for, whether you realised it or not. That piece will change everything. And the next time you reflect, you will have, not just a perfect picture - you will have a masterpiece. To some it might not seem that way. Many critics may say that it’s boring. They will find it unexciting and unappealing. But why should you listen to them? It is no less perfect to you.
         When the time comes and you put the last piece in place, you will reflect one last time. That is probably what people define as ‘seeing your life flash before your eyes’. You see the picture you made, and I am sure that there will be one piece that catches your attention first. You may have never noticed it before. That piece, seemingly split in half, the one that fits right in the middle of the picture. That is love, because love is what we all live for. You start from there and view, piece by piece, in a spiral of emotions and activities, from the centre out, until your vision stops on the very last one and you smile…