The never-ending puzzle

One of the greatest rewards we get is the feeling and confirmation of having completed something we've been working on or thinking about. Take for example a simple post here in this community, or any daily task. When we consider it finished, we feel a sense of well-being for having completed something in which we put some attention, effort, time or a combination of these three variables.

We shouldn't base our way of acting on this very pleasant impulse we have, but it is a fact that we are impelled to act when there is a pleasant response we receive on completing a certain task or action.

But life is not a sum of completed tasks. On the other hand, let's look at the actions that we all do, and for which we don't receive a reward that can even be measured on the pleasantness scale, if you will.

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We shouldn't base our actions or tasks solely on what we expect to receive in return.

At work, we are always faced with something new every day, which may not even be a new problem, but a situation that requires us to take some action on our part in order to complete it or leave it as we are asked to do. But do we only do this with an eye on the salary reward we'll receive at the end of the month? Or do we enjoy being recognized by our colleagues and peers, or even by our superiors, for our ability to solve certain problems in a different way (more quickly, or grumbling less about the lack of interest the task may have)?

If we look at life and our tasks as if it were a puzzle, we can say that it will never be completely done, or that we will be able to finish it before we die. The satisfaction comes when we manage to find the right place for the piece we have in our hands... And as a reward, we'll be a little closer to one day no longer putting the pieces together in the puzzle of life.

Cheers🍀

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