Bits & Pieces

When I was in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on a bus going from here to there, I happend to see this on a wall and I stared at it for a minute before actually taking this picture. I had to consider what it might mean . . .



I thought of BITS & PIECES . . . a bunch little things (anything, really) and then watching them come together artistically, beautifully, and creatively . . . like this picture I found . . .

And then I thought about this a little deeper. Like life. What am I but a bunch of BITS & PIECES of experiences, feelings, thoughts, lessons, and ideas? All of the pieces of me are brought together to PRESENT A SEMBLANCE OF A WHOLE, though I am not completely whole. I am just a SEMBLANCE . . .

SEMBLANCE = 1. An outward token or appearance. 2. A likeness 3. The barest trace

It looks like a heart. That is the appearance of it. If you trace the outline, you might barely see that a heart is there. But really it is all just a bunch of BITS & PIECES of scraps put together. And what it is altogether is somehow whole. Each PIECE plays its role in creating the bigger picture, the SEMBLANCE OF A WHOLE. And it is beautiful in its own way.

Again, I say that is life. Somedays, I may not appear to be whole of myself. I would say that it could be the BITS & PIECES of my day that came together in the way that they did. Somedays, I might appear to have it all together, as if I am somehow whole. I would say that it could be the BITS & PIECES of my life that came together to create this SEMBLANCE. And my life includes the people that touch it. I would say that they are the way to trace the outline of my life. Where there are PIECES missing, that is where I am not whole. That is where I have needs. I believe that somehow we all have these needs to be filled by other people. And ultimately, somehow, we all come together to PRESENT A SEMBLANCE OF A WHOLE.