Date: 09/06/2026
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
An elderly couple spent many evenings working on a jigsaw puzzle spread across their dining table.
Piece by piece, the image slowly emerged.
Some sections came together quickly.
Others refused to cooperate.
Occasionally, a missing piece seemed impossible to find.
Yet they never rushed.
One evening, a visiting grandchild asked why they enjoyed puzzles so much.
The grandfather smiled.
“Because they remind us of life.”
Not every piece fits immediately.
Some appear lost.
Others turn up when least expected.
And sometimes we spend too much time focusing on what is missing instead of appreciating what has already been completed.
Life rarely arrives as a finished picture.
It unfolds gradually, one piece at a time.
The challenge is not to complete everything at once.
It is to remain patient while the image takes shape.
Perhaps that is why puzzles continue to fascinate people of every generation.
They teach us that progress is often quiet.
And that patience can be as important as determination.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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