June 30, 2010

Life Is a Jigsaw Puzzle

Clients often come to me asking to me to "fix" them.
My response is... I can't.
Because how can you fix something that isn't broken?
I have something that I want to share with you... and this is what I tell my clients....
You are NOT broken nor can you EVER be broken.
You can feel lost, you can lose hope, you may have moments of confusion. But you're not broken and you definitely don't need someone else to fix you.
Your life is like a jigsaw puzzle with a million pieces that need to be put together. There are times when nothing seems to be fitting together quite right but would you ever call a jigsaw puzzle broken?
Now, you're jigsaw puzzle might look like nothing but a pile of peices right now. But don't get frustrated. Get inspired. Because soon you will see the big picture ;)

Clients often come to me asking for me to "fix" them.

My response is... I can't.

Because how can you fix something that isn't broken?

I have something that I want to share with you... and this is what I tell all of my clients.

You are NOT broken nor can you EVER be broken.

You can feel lost, you can lose hope, you may have moments of confusion. But you're not broken and you definitely don't need someone else to fix you.

Your life is like a jigsaw puzzle with a million pieces that need to be put together. There are times when nothing seems to be fitting together quite right and you feel that all you'll ever have is just one giant pile of pieces...

but would you ever call a jigsaw puzzle broken?

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Now, you're jigsaw puzzle might look like a mess right now... but don't get frustrated. Get inspired. Because soon you will see the big picture ;)

Love life,

Sean

P.S. I've got some exciting news to share with you in the next few weeks so make sure to keep checking back to my blog!

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42 Responses to Life Is a Jigsaw Puzzle
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    March 9, 2011 | 5:46 PM

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    February 24, 2011 | 3:29 AM

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  8. david adams
    November 1, 2010 | 8:05 PM

    not a speach. or video entertainer. nothing fake here. you remind us we are students always learning, we are teachers always teaching, time in time at the same. when we focus so hard on putting together the puzzle that is never finished, then we forget that we bought the puzzle because we enjoy putting the peices together. we forget the joy part. if we never finish the puzzle we still had fun, even if the puzzle sits for months unattended. i use a word that isn't the one i wish.. finishing the puzzle was never the drive but the joy was. as you say wisely with more skill. and caring seems written in you face and every jesture and pause deliberate. i will try be as loving and gentle. loving life....lovingly.. the play ground becomes a place to play as it was always intended. may i play here.?? sean?? thank you. the web things are not my knowing, so hope i'm not offending , just ignorance, not intent. hope i can sit here again but ... i know my email things but .. someone sent this to my box. never would have met you by searching. thank you for painting mental images, very powerful. will not know my way back, though.

  9. Teri
    August 25, 2010 | 4:36 PM

    YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!

  10. Arthur Harris
    July 29, 2010 | 9:33 AM

    Great wisdom Sean, I continue to put my pieces together, soon I will see the big picture. Thanks.

  11. Monica
    July 28, 2010 | 11:54 PM

    Love you Sean! :)

  12. peter
    July 17, 2010 | 9:46 AM

    HI Sean Every time I watch your videos I find a peace of my puzzel .It can be easy to lose hope and slip and fall into confusion so Thanks for telling me Im not broken. peter.

  13. Sandra
    July 12, 2010 | 4:11 AM

    It is so easy to listen,watch,understand and remember what you say,thank-you very much Sean

  14. Susan Phelan
    July 11, 2010 | 11:01 AM

    Thank you Sean. I just listened to your interview with Janet Attwood as part of The Passion Test and you invited the listeners here. Thank you for this extra gift! I laughed and teared up a bit too and wanted to just say that I really appreciate who you are being and the strong impact you are having on my life and that of the others here. I am looking forward to introducing my friends to you. I am in Cork in Southern Ireland. The pieces of me are finally making the picture of me that I had never imagined before and I'm really loving my life. Susan

  15. Anna Barlowe
    July 8, 2010 | 12:06 PM

    Hi Sean, I ran across you on FinerMinds and just love your insightful videos and advice. It's already been very helpful to me, and I'll be sure to keep checking back. I linked to your site from my own brand new blog, The Silva Lining (http://annabarlowe.blogspot.com), which I'm sure you would be more excited about if anyone was actually reading it yet. :P I've just started the Silva UltraMind ESP home study course and will be blogging about it as a sort of scientific experiment. I think your blog will assist me a lot along the way, so thanks again! :)

  16. Penny
    July 7, 2010 | 5:01 PM

    Was this an accident, stumbling onto your blog? I doubt it. This was just what I needed to be reminded of, and it gives me the feeling that maybe, just maybe......I am a beautiful picture and well worth the effort. Thanks, Sean Penny

  17. Vikki R.
    July 7, 2010 | 1:37 PM

    Many thanks for this incredibly enlightening piece of wisdom. I will always treasure it.
    My puzzle got shaken up and dumped on the floor six years ago, and I am in the process of collecting the
    dusty pieces.

    I try to look at life like an adventure, and your philosophy today was a great discovery. WOW!!!!

  18. Roberto
    July 7, 2010 | 11:15 AM

    Hi Sean

    Thanks for sharing this, it makes sense to just need to be patience to find the right pieces and join them and complete it, everyone has its own puzzle, you just need to realize it and work to join al the pieces and sometime you get get from someone else to help with it.

    Have a great day

  19. Susie
    July 7, 2010 | 10:12 AM

    I enjoyed your video very much. You have a soothing presence, good for inspiration. Thank you.

  20. Maxine
    July 7, 2010 | 9:01 AM

    Thanks Sean, This is a wonderful metaphor, really inspiring, thank you

  21. Stephen Davies
    July 7, 2010 | 9:02 AM

    Wow--just wow!!!

  22. Veronica Polotan
    July 7, 2010 | 3:07 AM

    Wonderful! Just discovered you through another link, and, yes, sometimes we need someone like you to remind us again and again of what you have said...especially I think this applies true to women who have been abused, or victims of domestic violence like me...Amazing! Cheers! Nikki (aivette polotan at Facebook)

  23. nolene
    July 7, 2010 | 2:44 AM

    thanks sean- i love the metaphor! i am a puzzle and with patience i will see the big picture! love it! i join u and whitney houston in affriming myself and singing i was not built to be break!

  24. AnnaKonya
    July 7, 2010 | 2:20 AM

    Sean, I just want to say that I happened upon your blog by chance, and wasn't it a coincidence that just today I was lamenting that I was broken. Felt broken and wondering where I go from here. What are the chances that you chose the broken subject right now. And that I heard it. Life is certainly full of surprises, yes? Thank you very much.

  25. Release Dynamics
    July 5, 2010 | 11:29 AM

    Hey Sean, what a wonderful and thought provoking message for my Monday morning. Thank you! I too love metaphors and your jigsaw puzzle fits with another I have been meditating on lately. I am reading Michael Gerber's "Awakening the Entrepreneur Within" and thinking a lot about my 'BIG PICTURE' in truth trying to rediscover my big picture. Sometimes I find myself working on a small area of my puzzle. I get a few pieces to work and sometimes I forget about my big picture - I look at this small area and fool myself into thinking that's all there is but then I notice the jaged edges and that small voice inside tells me there's something more. It reminds me to check in - to look at the box cover - to get back in touch with my big picture - to awaken to it - so I can move forward and allow the next piece in my puzzle to be revealed.

    • AnnaKonya
      July 7, 2010 | 2:22 AM

      ditto.

      • Kailee
        April 16, 2011 | 3:30 AM

        TYVM you've solved all my pbrlomes

  26. Bill Gay
    July 1, 2010 | 5:50 PM

    Thanks for sharing this video with me Sean. You are indeed a remarkable person.

    Bill

  27. Jay Allison
    July 1, 2010 | 12:03 AM

    Hey Sean,

    When we have the big picture put together,
    what do you recommend;
    passive resistance, or weak resignation?

    Dangling at the Ending of Our Rope

    Rebels plotted their treasons freely,
    Then planned miraculous escapes,
    Within those stone cold dungeons.
    Erect with demand for compliance,
    Bondage and discipline tormentors,
    Willfully inflict the legal sanctions,
    In public enlightenment spectacles.

    Wild starving lions devouring men,
    Flame roasting unrepentant wretch,
    Drawn and quartered to compliance,
    Exhibitionist insurgent dissociation,
    Entertaining the spellbound throngs.
    Mean slaughter evicts the Red Man,
    Dissimulation bilks those Black Men.

    Justice favors the dominant culture,
    Quietly hanging mutants separately,
    Avoiding the consequences created,
    When † † † are tormented together.
    Perilously dangling on ropes of life,
    Ends with kicking for a few seconds,
    Grovelling for Their condonation.
    - J. Allison

    After three months of looking for the free time to do it,
    I managed to get a rocking dance party CD completed.
    The music helps me to let out my stress more often.

    Children are happy until they are disturbed.
    Keep playing.

  28. Murn
    June 30, 2010 | 10:31 PM

    Sean, Simply Wonderful, You are bringing the life together for everyone. Thank you. Muran

  29. Doc Meek
    June 30, 2010 | 9:11 PM

    Hi Sean! You smart Irish guy you! I love the puzzle mess that is not broken. Just love it! Thank you! Love and Blessings, Doc Meek

  30. Ray
    June 30, 2010 | 1:32 PM

    What I admire and learn most from you is not your words but your inner strength and positiveness. Your attitude of easily overcoming big problems that would break most individuals like myself. I look up to you my friend because if you can overcome your problems, I should overcome mine too without nag - my biggest #1 problem is LAZINESS !!!

  31. Shelley
    June 30, 2010 | 1:09 PM

    Sean, your inspiration is right on!
    I have a question... how to deal with family members that are pushy and insulting, although they are hurting because they believe they have not been paid enough attention to.

  32. Andrea
    June 30, 2010 | 11:33 AM

    God Bless you Sean for your inspiring words, you have the gift of timing... every time I get one of your newsletters telling me about a new post of yours... it seems to be just what I needed to hear.
    Thank you for helping out so many people throughout the world.
    Greetings from Argentina!
    Hugs, Andrea

  33. Harry Husted
    June 30, 2010 | 11:27 AM

    Great video. I love it. You made a lot of sense. I greatly appreciate your inspired words.

    Harry

  34. Darren
    June 30, 2010 | 10:21 AM

    Hello Sean

    What a great way to put your life into perspective. You are always coming up with these amazing ideas to shift and look at life in a new way. I am very grateful for you sharing.

    Thank You

  35. Euchariste
    June 30, 2010 | 9:32 AM

    Hi Sean, i hope you are fine. Thank you so much for your article. Presently, my life is eactly as you pictured some lifes in your article. But i always keep hope but inside i feel bad and sad. Fortunately, you are there for me to tell me that i am not broken. But how and when i can put all the pieces together to finally respirate. I continue to listen to you. You are the big man on all the earth. do have a great day.
    Euchariste

  36. Sadhi
    June 30, 2010 | 4:50 AM

    i WANT A MAN IN MY LIFE-ALL FOR MYSELF-CANT SHARE HIM WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. I AM SEPARATED FROM MY HUSBAND-AND FEEEEEL TOTALLY LOST AND LONELY. WHAT DO I DO?

    • Rod
      July 7, 2010 | 11:00 AM

      I am a man in a similar situation, lets correspond.

  37. Georgeann
    June 30, 2010 | 2:04 AM

    Sean, I love the way you accept life,and your thoughts about it .
    Each day is a new begining,and we should enjoy each second,minute,hour and day etc.
    As a widow I became both parents later as a divorcee again both,later widow again ,each time we have to reclaim our life.
    Now alone I keep busy and keep on learning and loving myself and others,and say yes to life.
    Just having someone like you in it ,makes it wonderful,have a great life.
    Georgiegal

  38. Polly Roopnarine
    June 30, 2010 | 1:46 AM

    Hello Sean,

    How are you? Despite the odds, I am always looking ahead. It is 2:38 in the morning, I have not gone to bed as yet, the creep above has been spraying toxic fumes since 6pm. I watched a movie with a resident, I am cooking split peas with carrots. I cut up all my vegitables and put them in separate containers, marinated chicken breasts cut up in pieces and did all my dishes. Meanwhile, the harssers continued to spray and make me sick. He is attacking my left chest before was my right toes and now my left toes. This country is America and we have a lot of terrorists lurking in the shadows.

    I do not know why my pathway is this one because i lived aprotected life and still do, yet th dark cloud following me. I try to do all the things i need to do. Anyway, let us hope it will come to an end or resolved or new environment.

    Thanks

    Polly

  39. TESSIE
    June 30, 2010 | 1:34 AM

    SHONE! YOU ARE ONE SMART COOKIE!

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