A Rubik's solution

I was on the subway and there was a young man sitting in front of me with a Rubik's cube. He would solve it in seconds and undo what he had done in even less time only to resolve it again and again. Naturally, I looked into the Rubik cube, who designed it, when, why, and most importantly how to solve it. 

I was fascinated, this 3D puzzle invented by Hungarian sculptor Erno Rubik in 1974 has 43 quintillion possible combinations?!, and can be solved with as little as 20 moves.  This small little cube, just unbelievable. This knowledge left an impact and I began using it in my work, a symbol of ourselves, humanity, our challenges, our lives, our triumphs. Surely, if something so small has this many possibilities of being solved then so do our lives, our paths and everything we are faced with. I have continued to use the Rubik's as a symbol of ourselves and the different combinations we have when moving forward in our path. 

Fast forward a few years into using it in my work, my niece pointed out that some of the Rubik's in my work were unsolvable, Unsolvable?, how?! As it turns out two blocks of the same colour cannot exist in a corner or on edges. I was flabbergasted, an error in my work? But was it? She would continue to suggest, and somewhat demand that this error be rectified.  I contemplated it a few times,  but maybe this error too; a lesson, not to be altered, fixed nor changed.  

Life will present many challenges, situations and circumstances beyond our control. Often we will cause great turmoil to our peace trying to persevere but what if we're not meant to? What if we are meant to accept some situations for what they are. What if some things collide so that we can take a bigger leap, strive for better,  leaving behind that which we can not control, nor change but only accept as part of the bigger picture. Maybe a lesson, for the benefit of ourselves, another or simply an end to a chapter in life. What if this Unsolved Rubik's cube isn't the end or trying but instead the start of a solution much greater than we ever could have envisioned. 

P.