Ever have one of those days when you want to scrape all the pieces of your day and put it back into the box? You want to put it away and not have to look at it or deal with it until another day. It’s easier to pretend the pieces you have to work with are different than what you really have when they aren’t staring you in the face.
Once they are in the box they can be ignored and even forgotten for a time.
When the pieces are all in the box, life is much tidier, less messy and not so scattered.
You can’t hear the pieces as well when they are boxed. The noise of life is more muffled, easier to disregard.
The pieces aren’t always annoying, just sometimes too loud and you need a break.
Or at times you just have too many pieces. You have piles and piles of pieces. And it’s hard to sort the pieces out. Should this piece go in my “do today” pile? Can this piece be added to the “tomorrow” stack? And there seems to be too few that can be thrown away.
The worst kind of pieces are the ones that are shared with others. You don’t have sole ownership so you can’t determine where the pieces go. Discussions and arguments about pieces are very tiring.
In the past I have tried to carry all my pieces to put into the box only to find later that I have dropped a few along the way. By the time I’ve committed to putting the pieces away I am tired and the last think I want to do is go back and pick up pieces. So, at times I just leave the pieces lay and hope I don’t trip over them in the middle of the night if I get up for some reason.
The longer I live, the more I’ve learned that it isn’t the pieces that are most important, it’s the box.
Pieces can fit reasonably well in many different boxes. Some boxes hold up well while others last a short time.
The box that I have found most reliable and would recommend everyone try is the God Box.
It doesn’t matter how many pieces you have, what size the pieces are, whether the pieces are thick, thin or in between. All pieces fit in the God Box. The God Box is never too full. There is always room for more pieces.
And, if I’m careful not to keep opening the God Box and checking on the pieces I’ve found that some of the pieces get taken care of and I don’t have to deal with them anymore.
Some pieces stay in the God Box longer than others but that’s okay because it seems there is always the perfect time when each piece gets cared for.
Therefore, if you’re dealing with pieces and you’re box isn’t working for you, I have a suggestion. Or, perhaps, you didn’t even know you could box up your pieces.
Here is my suggestion. The God Box. Pick up your stuff and lay it down in the God Box. One size fits all.
