There
are several ways to approach this whole problem. But just in case we are not on
the same page maybe a Wikipedia or some other internet resource definition will
help so Google it.
For
you lazy people or those with no internet access here is a breakdown. “A square peg in a round hole is an idiomatic expression which describes the unusual
individualist who could not fit into a niche of his society”
There are so many variations on this but they are
all somewhere within the vicinity of the above description. When I speak of
pegs and holes I am speaking mostly about how a person feels about his place in
this world. The questions of purpose and or destiny hound most of us, subtly or
conspicuously and viciously like the famed headless horseman.
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| Pound the peg till it fits |
Of course before we go on I am working on the assumption
that the whole purpose is for pegs to plug holes. Like I stated there are
several ways that this can be dealt with all this.
You could pound the peg into the hole with all
you might and make it fit. This damages the hole and the peg and wears out
whoever does the banging.
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| Whittle away till it fits |
You could whittle away the peg until it fits into
the hole. But this leaves very little of the peg especially if the hole is
small. The peg may fit but it shall never belong.
You could find a bigger hole in which the peg
could fit but it will never full plug the hole cause it’s not meant for that.
You could perhaps fit the right peg on the right
hole but life never really gives up perfect pegs or holes. The world is not filled
that way.
You could also give up and say you don’t need the
hole or the peg but well you will be left with lots of useless pegs and still
many holes.
You could even expand the whole...but the results will be similar is fear.
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| modify the hole you could |
I find that many times some of these methods
achieve a modicum of success but I also believe that there is a perfect hole
for every plug or vice versa and that we should never really give up or give in
until we find that perfect spot.
From a faith point of view, perhaps this seems
very eastern religionish, and perhaps it is but in my walk with God I have
tried so many things and then some more especially in my later more adult year.
I find that many times we are so keen to fit in that we quickly surrender to
the “status quo” or whatever is popular at that time.
We ignore our gift, talents, loves, interest,
preference, personality and character. We ignore all that we are created in pursuit
of fitting into a hole forgetting that ever peg was cut from a block and every
block is missing a peg…and sometimes each peg has to find IT’S hole, its home,
its place.
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Isaiah 51:1
