The problem with Lego…..

….. is that it now comes in kits. When I was little (I’m 52 now so this was some 47 years ago) I was given a massive box of Lego by my Nan’s next door neighbour. He’d out-grown it (I would argue that you can’t outgrow Lego, it grows with you). So I inherited a big box of mixed Lego. These were the days before the internet, in-fact these were the days of only three TV channels and these didn't start broadcasting until 4pm (can you just imagine that?). So my brother and I played Lego all the time.

Oh the things we built and the places we went without even leaving our own living room or bedroom. I have kids, in fact I have a granddaughter, and I still love playing with Lego. My best present last Christmas was a Lego Star Wars advent calendar. It took me right back. But it also frustrated me. The pieces only worked with each other in a certain way. I hadn’t realised Lego had become so kit-based. I liked it when it was all muddled up.

Each morning I run a free qigong class on Instagram (@theqigang at 08.00) and I add in a little meditation, a little observation. The other day I was rambling on about how we grow stronger after we’ve broken, about how the strongest thing in a glued cup is often the glue. When I was saying this Lego came to mind.

Modern Lego kits are ace, but they get better when you break them apart.

When you break them apart and mix them together.

When you break them apart and mix them together and build them in a different way.

When they are perfect they can only be the picture on the box.

When they are broken apart they can be anything that you can imagine.

The same is true of you.

Oh the things you can do and the places you will go if you embrace the falling-apart rather than the looking like the picture on the box. I’m mixing my metaphors here but the picture on the box was only a serving suggestion anyway.