Dear Humans,

Sunday was National Puzzle Day. I love puzzles. Because puzzles have nice, tidy solutions. You put that last piece into the jigsaw puzzles or you finally unravel that tricky theme on a crossword–it’s a good feeling. 

But what happens in the real world is a lot different. The natural world–and the humans that live in it–do not have nice, tidy solutions. There is no answer key to get a hint. Sometimes the real world doesn’t even seem to have logical explanations.

That’s because the real world isn’t a puzzle at all. It’s a mystery. And there are no nice, tidy solutions to a mystery. And there’s no use really trying to solve it. The best we can do is help one another experience it more fully.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt