"There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle"

The assertion that there are no extra pieces reframes existence from randomness to coherence. Meaning is not a solitary possession but a relational property: significance arises where one’s contours meet the contours of others and of the world. Difference, therefore, is not a defect. The odd edge, the unique curve, the unexpected color are precisely what allow connection and completion.

The jigsaw metaphor dignifies both individuality and interdependence. A piece is not valuable in isolation, nor is it interchangeable. It matters because only that shape can occupy that space without distorting the picture. This stances counters the impulse to compare or to erase distinctiveness in pursuit of belonging. Belonging emerges when individuality is honored and offered.

“Must fit itself” hints at agency and responsibility. The task is not to force the world to accommodate one’s edges, nor to shave oneself into a copy of another piece. It is to refine, learn, and orient one’s strengths toward the gaps that call for them. That work involves humility, accepting boundaries, and courage, bringing one’s full color where it is required.

Community becomes a practice of noticing missing shapes. The absence of a single piece leaves a conspicuous void, even when most of the image is complete. This view invites societies to attend to marginalized people not as surplus but as essential to the integrity of the whole. It also tempers perfectionism: the picture remains unfinished until all are included.

The image need not imply rigid destiny. Puzzles can be seen as evolving mosaics; roles change with seasons, and new contexts reveal new fits. What remains constant is the interplay of uniqueness and service. Practically, this mindset encourages education as cultivation of gifts for contribution, careers as answers to real needs, and relationships as mutual fitting rather than conquest or fusion.

To live this way is to be both crafted and craftsman: shaped by circumstances and choices, shaping in return the larger pattern that no single person can see alone.