The Puzzle

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Over yonder and beyond the vale there was an old man who sat and pondered the day, all day long. And he had done so since he was a child, but now was able to do it with more of life’s wisdom and perspective, and take more time. What was missing was company. Yet, he had everyone around him in the world, as he needed to, and did, go out into it. He just didn’t know they were with him, and supporters of the puzzle that he so carefully put together in his mind from whispers and hints that made up his thoughts.