January 29th is NATIONAL PUZZLE DAY…This is truly what they say!
This may be overstated at times, but oh so true. Doesn’t LIFE feel like an ENORMOUS puzzle to untangle or solve? Do you feel like you are relentlessly on guard to cover, work through, need to solve or figure a whole lot of somethings and happenings out?? Are you concerned in the here and now and are not all the way sure how to get through just for today? Relating to good friends, acquaintances, coworkers, or even family members or siblings might feel puzzling and filled with emotions which need to be navigated through to put into place.
Our interactions with others and many relationships oftentimes cause us to wonder if what we are doing, saying or how we are being matters. And then we continue to ponder more and find ourselves on a wondering jaunt, maybe even a bit puzzled as we are seeking ways out of how we might find the best way to work out of or hopefully work well to get through the current MAZE before us.
Perhaps in this puzzling life…we will all benefit from some tried and true thoughts toward demystifying the discombobulation which feels looming and foggy.
Staying active and aware of mindful living both physically and mentally matters. Cognitive clarity is a vital component to life and living. When we endeavor forward in a variety of activities we are naturally energized. Engaging in conversation, thinking activities, reading aloud and quietly, along with completing puzzles are all pieces which help us keep vitalized and refresh on this journey we call life.
Resiliency is seizing opportunities to enhance and multiply existing strength. Are you resilient?
Implementing mindfully rich activities refreshes and offers a boost assisting us in building upon our fortes while simultaneously challenging areas which could benefit from growth.
Operating with a mindset of extending flexibility and grace helps us connect to others and offers an internal positivity enhancement. A sense of belonging is a beautiful thing, so go for it!
As you dabble forward and seek to make sense out of the happenings from your own life and times puzzle… Stand strong to end the first month of this new year well…ready to carry forward...and learn or attempt something new…You just may find refreshment on the way.
Exercise your lifelong learning capabilities and find some sort of PUZZLE to engage in, perhaps a recipe to try or tweak and GO FOR IT!
Join the conversation here by adding in on what YOUR most challenging life puzzle is…or share something you’ve tried to learn and part of the journey you traversed in doing so…
Puzzling through life
Causes joy and strife
With focus resilience and grit
Work your way out of the pit
From a maze to an acrostic or a word search
Some situations threaten to leave us in a lurch
The power of a puzzle…
Does it feel like a muzzle?
Or will you work life’s puzzles and seek to solve
Finding meaningful teachable moments to resolve…
In some ways all lives are a puzzle to be seen and loudly heard
Other days so much action takes place without a spoken word
Whatever the season
However you reason
May your life puzzle come together in spite of the suspense
Mindfully leading your heart and soul to help it make sense
© 2024 Kathleen Bauer, Ed D
Alongside her husband B
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