“Life isn’t given to us all of a piece, It’s more like a patchwork quilt Each hour and minute a patch to fit in To the pattern that’s being built.”   Helen L. Marshall   It seems to me that our lives are made up of bits and pieces of experiences all sewn together into a unified whole- like a patchwork quilt.   So- I was enthused to find the following while reading… “Like a quilt, every human life is unique, every pattern and color motif different. Quilts are made with dozens of bits of fabric sewn together to create a whole that pleases both eye and spirit as no one piece could. Sometimes we can’t see our own life patterns and colors clearly. We live life day to day, our energy invested in the details of family, work, and recreation. Seldom do we have the time to step back and see the larger view that would tell us where we’ve been and where we seem to be going on our spiritual path. If we learned to hide our true feelings to survive difficult childhood experiences, we come to our journey without a good idea of who we are. If we were to make quilts of our lives, some of the pieces would be missing, others might be distorted. When our emotional…….