Can You Solve The Happiness Puzzle?

Many of you have told me that you feel like you have lost your youth.  You feel like your lives are over because you are suddenly facing the world as single women. You have shared your fears that time is running out and you are afraid that there isn’t time to find happiness in your lives.

Those of you who are regulars here,  know that periodically, I try to lighten the “down due to divorce” frame of mind. After all, the more we laugh, the more likely it is that we will be happy.

With that in mind, I’d like to share something a friend sent to me. Even the women in this story has the ability to enjoy her life by doings that give her pleasure. Using her as an example, believe me when I tell you that you have plenty of time to have a wonderful life and find happiness.

A little old lady called her neighbor and asked her to come over saying, “Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can’t figure out how to get started.”

Her neighbor asked her, “What is it supposed to be when it’s finished?”

The little old lady told her, “According to the picture on the box, it’s supposed to be a rooster.”

In an effort to be kind, the neighbor went over to the little old lady’s house to help her with the puzzle.

The little old lady opened the door and showed her friend where she had the puzzle pieces spread all over the table.

Her friend looked at the puzzle pieces on the table and then referred to the picture on the box.

Then she turned to the little old lady and said, “I can’t help you with this puzzle. No matter how hard we try, we won’t be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a rooster.”

Then, the kind neighbor took her by the hand and said, “Now let’s relax and have a nice cup of tea and then…..with a big sigh……she said, “After we finish our tea,

I’ll help you put the Corn Flakes back into the box.”

First Photo: Brad Montgomery

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