Lifelong Learning Puzzles

Life gives us lots of choices and challenges for learning. Puzzles.

Not the kind packaged in a box with all the pieces you need ready and waiting to be fitted together. And they don’t come with a pretty picture on the front so you know what your final outcome looks like.

Yet, often in our education, we’re only given puzzles that someone else determined should be set in front of us; puzzles with crisply defined pieces and predetermined outcomes.

And then we “graduate” and hello life!

Figuring out:

• Who we are
• Relationships
• What we want to do
• How to be a functional, mentally healthy grown-up
• Health
• Parenting
• Education

And then something changes, and you have to start finding and fitting puzzle pieces all over again.

So, what do you do?

You figure things out by:

• Being present and paying attention.
• Trusting, and focusing on love instead of fear.
• Taking responsibility for learning what you need
• Asking questions, trying new things, and doing what matters.
• Being open to trying new ways to solve things, by looking honestly at yourself and the situation.
• Being brave about and getting of of your comfort zone when needed
• Being honest about how things are going and being willing to begin again.

And if you can smile and choose acceptance of and gratitude for whatever comes your way, you can reclaim the joy of learning while playing with new puzzles.

What learning puzzles are you playing with this week?