Begin (Five Minute Friday)

Hah! 2 posts in the same day. This is my one-week-late Five Minute Friday. And the last one hosted by Lisa-Jo. (and I missed the link up because I am so late. So I will just start linking with Kate on post 3 of today.)

5 minutes on ... BEGIN.

Do you begin all things the same way? I've been pondering that today while on vacation. I don't. We do a LOT of jigsaw puzzles while we are together as a family. And we all (my family) begin them the same way. We sort through the whole box of pieces - all 1,000 or 2,000 of them. We  pick the straight edges and then we assemble the outline. The border. After that, we each have a different approach - so it makes a very effective, but sometimes very confusing, adventure to assemble the rest of the puzzle. (As long as you are not listening to both my dad and my brother's directions / comments at the same time, you will be very successful in this crowd).

But I don't begin every adventure by filling in the edges. I don't define boundaries before I embark on a new adventure. Or do I? Do I set boundaries when I change jobs? Or when I move? Or when I consider if I should become friends with someone? When considering pursuing a relationship?  Hmmmm. Maybe I do. I might not have every piece filled in for a fully contained outline. But there are a few things I give thought to before I begin a big change. I wonder if that's the same approach I take with puzzles? And I wonder which I started doing first?


STOP.