I'm claiming credit for the above name just coined, first.
Don't get me wrong. I heart New York. It never disappoints when I go. But as of lately, the mistress of THIS particular concrete jungle has been quite harsh.
I never cease learning from my encounters with her. But particularly, I want to focus on this little nugget of info from Mme Concrete. Hopefully, this ain't already in textbooks. If it is, I apologize for not crediting you, dear reader, properly for it. But if it isn't...I'm claiming it first too.
I've realized folks learn facts/gossip in one of two ways. A: in one long stream of info. Getting the whole picture, if you will. B: in fragments, having to piece them together along the way to get the whole picture. Like puzzle pieces. I want to focus on this "Puzzle Piece Learning."
Certainly each type of learning has its merits, but it's the "PPL" that confounds me the most. A lot of times we get pieces and just don't know where to place them. Sometimes we jam it in a place, thinking it'll fit in -only to find it doesn't match later on. Sometimes we just store it away, hoping and sometimes not knowing when it'll make sense. Hopefully it doesn't have to become a Slumdog Millionaire type of deal.
Info gathered through "PPL" seems the most challenging to deal with at that moment, but most rewarding when it comes to be of much use, at the most random times. It is then that when everything falls into place, everything makes sense.
It seems to me that A LOT of His lessons are the same way. Finding pieces that seemingly fit nowhere at present, to then find that it fits perfectly into His most perfect puzzle picture later on.
Hats off to this Teacher.
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