08-30-2010, 12:00 AM
While on a retreat this weekend this came up and struck me hard...
The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
The story centers on a circular animal-like creature that is missing
a wedge-shaped piece of itself. It doesn’t like this, and sets out to
find its missing piece, singing:
Oh, I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
Hi-dee-ho, here I go
lookin' for my missin' piece
It starts out on a grand adventure searching for the perfect piece
to complete itself, while singing and enjoying the scenery. But after
the circle finally finds the exact-sized wedge that fits it, it begins
to realize that it can no longer do the things it used to enjoy doing,
like singing or rolling slowly enough to enjoy the company of a worm or
butterfly. It decides that it was happier when searching for the
missing piece than actually having it. So it gently puts the piece
down, and continues happily searching. (Wikipedia)
The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
The story centers on a circular animal-like creature that is missing
a wedge-shaped piece of itself. It doesn’t like this, and sets out to
find its missing piece, singing:
Oh, I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
Hi-dee-ho, here I go
lookin' for my missin' piece
It starts out on a grand adventure searching for the perfect piece
to complete itself, while singing and enjoying the scenery. But after
the circle finally finds the exact-sized wedge that fits it, it begins
to realize that it can no longer do the things it used to enjoy doing,
like singing or rolling slowly enough to enjoy the company of a worm or
butterfly. It decides that it was happier when searching for the
missing piece than actually having it. So it gently puts the piece
down, and continues happily searching. (Wikipedia)