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Rubik's Cube.

I have recently aquired myself a Rubik's cube. I got it for no other reason that it was on special, I was bored and had a sudden lack of self controll. Subsequently it has sat, unused, on my shelf for a couple of weeks. Untill today that is.
Today is my first day in about 2 months where I havnt had to do anything. I wasnt moving house, working (although I did yesterday morning), having fun in Hamilton, driving somewhere etc. My flatmate is out so I can do my laundry, listen to my music up loud and generally blob about.
So out came the Cube. Now apart from pulling my sister's one apart many years ago, I have never actually played with one of these things. It is really very difficult. Being slightly technically minded I soon figured out how to move a single colour to a particular place I wanted. However trying to get them all there is quite another story. You get one line right, and in order to get another one you end up disrupting the first.
There is alot of twisting and turning, fore thought and repeating moves in reverse to achieve just one little thing. And it got me thinking - thats kind of how life is.
You know what you want to do, you know what you have to do to achieve the things you want. You can visualise the moves you have to make to get there and they sometimes dont goto plan. There is a bit of twisting and turning, along with some back-tracking and sometimes they do disrupt what you have done up to that point.
Just like the cube you need dedication, patients and of course practice makes perfect. You learn by your mistakes and keep on trying. Hope and Faith.
For my Cube, there is an online resource which guides you on how to master it. It teaches you the algorithims you need to win. For my life there is my Bible, which also guides and teaches me - on how to master my life and live stronger in God.