Completion - My Lessons from the Rubik Cube

The Center – That’s where you start
The core..
That's what decides
The colour of that surface.

Then you align the CROSS - around the center
Then …
You get the corner pieces in place
How??
Simple.
Just by turning and turning ....
Till you come round right

And..
It's not just about the colour on One side
It has to align with the ‘Neighboring’ pieces..
Otherwise it’s not “Right” …
Even when you do get the colour right
'Coz sooner or later you will be up against that fact.
....when the other pieces stop aligning

With one side “done”
You turn the whole thing upside down..
And what was initially the top..
now becomes the base.

And you start working on the ‘middle’
And .... again
A Set of algorithms….turns ..rules, if you will
And more turning and turning ..
till you come round right..

And just when you think you are getting it..
with all, but one side aligned
You have to make moves that will throw ..'Everything’..
out of place
Un-coordinated..
All mixed up..

And it will freak you out..
And all your instincts will tell you NOT to do it..
I mean ....come-on..5 sides out of 6 are good ..
Right ?
Why disturb all of them to get the one side right..

Leave it ..leave it..Leave IT!!!
Bask in the glory of all your effort thus far….
Life is not ALL about Completion.
Right?
.
.
.
But..
You will realize ..like I did
There is NO other way of completing it.

No matter what story you tell yourself..
You will yearn for completion…
Almost completed is not the same as Completed.
And of course you can't take an almost completed cube
and jump around Smiling..

With a Sigh..!!!
You start moving…
You will mess it up…
And create what looks like chaos

Destruction
Of a carefully put together puzzle ..
Piece by piece
Literally.
So much thought has gone into it..
And time…and focus…and energy
Phew!!

Trepidation
Fear
Uncertainty
Reluctance to let go
Inner dilemma of choosing..
between comfort and completion

But..
You will also realize .. as I did
That if you keep at it..
Slowly …ever so slowly
It will start falling into place .
Without you knowing how..
Almost magically !!!

Just as long
As you follow the algorithm..
And keep turning and turning ..
till you come round right..

And come round right you will.
to
Completion.

No ..I wasn’t talking about life.
These are my lessons
From the
Rubik Cube

Pretty Close don't you think?

PS: You know I solved the cube, right?? ..The next challenge ... do it quicker next time !!

Rhea