Definition: To feel confused due to not understanding or make sense of something (v).
Life is kind of a one big puzzle. Every single day in our life, we are figuring out something. Whether it's a math problem or if the suspected killer really did committed the murder. There's always something going on. We do this because we are confused, hence the definition. As of right now, I think the purpose of the word puzzle is to help us grow. To think outside of the box. To be open-minded. That is why there is always more than one solution to one problem. Do you watch Grey's Anatomy? Every now and then surgeons would receive a difficult case, so difficult that the whole team (doctors from almost every specialty) is gathered around to safe this patient's life. First thing they do is review the patient's file and then brain storm on types of operations/techniques that they would passionately believe it would be the best chance to perform on the patient safely. This is when chaos starts to rise because the doctors brainstorm different techniques, which leads to disagreements. This may not be great, but it's good in a way because they thought outside of the box. I mean this dream team is known for operating crazy-intense surgeries.
Back to the purpose of the word puzzle, which was to help us grow. We get puzzled because we're supposed to get stuck. That's part of life. Life is not supposed to be easy. To live an easy life is not to think deeper. If your life has been easy, then I think you're living life the wrong way (no worries, I could be wrong). Why would you want live the easy way? How could you learn from that lifestyle? I'm curious. To make life meaningful, it's more than live, laugh, and love. It's important to include failure, all types of emotions, curiosity, skepticism, and I'm sure there are more words that should be included. This maybe hard, but that's okay. You're capable of doing things. I believe that if God knew that I wasn't capable of a doing a certain thing, then he wouldn't have put that certain thing in my life. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I survived high school, so ha! I'm stronger than I was before. It's actually hard to believe that there was a time where I thought I couldn't take the mainstream idea of high school anymore because I was just sick of everything that I was going through at that time. To stay in topic, I was puzzled about why this was happening. If only I dug a little deeper.. Little did I knew that the things that were happening was preparing me for life after high school. Life can be funny sometimes. Of course I'm still struggling.. It's life. It's bound to happen. I must remind myself what are main goals are, I must be kind to people, I must be my true self, I must focus on people that care about me. Oh look, it's not that puzzling anymore.
As always it's okay to be puzzled. When that happens, ask for help. Ask family, friends, guidance counselor, therapist, etc. If there's something that you don't get perhaps, this upcoming election (yikes) or an controversial topic then ask someone to explain it in an unbiased way. Be respectful. There's always something good coming out the puzzled state of mind. Learning new things is a blessing.
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