"The Missing Piece"
ohh i really want to comment abt the forwarded email "The Missing Piece" as well. I really like it and i've forwarded to most pple on my mailing list.. if any of you dun have it and wants to take a look, just leave a msg at my tagboard. It was one of the best forwarded email i've received i would say. It talks abt this supposed circle-shaped figure missing a piece (imagine a cake after a slice is cut away) and how he went on his search to find his missing piece so that he may be perfect and happy.
while on his journey, he experienced the hot weather and rain, and even snow, went thru shrubs and up mountains, across the ocean... but he also chatted with a worm, smell the flowers, raced with the beetle and played with the butterfly. The reason he could do all these was because, missing a piece, he cant move that fast.
finally, he came upon many "pieces". one declared he wasn't anyone's piece. some were too small, too big, too sharp, too squarish. even when he found the "perfect fit", one slipped because he didnt hold on tightly to it and dropped it. another broke because he held on to it too tightly.
He continued on this journey nonetheless and met with dangers - shot by an arrow, fell into a pit... finally he met a piece that seems a perfect fit but was hesitant in accepting it at first. He accepted it in the end but it causes him to roll so fast that now, he couldnt chat with the little worm, nor smell the flower nor could the butterfly rest on him. He couldnt even sing his favourite song "i've found my missing piece". At this, he finally realized the reason for his imperfection and let go of the missing piece.
The purpose of the story was mainly to tell us that everyone is imperfect and is lacking something. and this imperfectness in everyone is for a purpose.
Everyone's life has been designed with imperfections,
You may not want it, but it will follow you.
I used to hate my imperfections,
But now I have learnt to accept it with open arms.
The flaw in life is like a spike on our backs, reminding us to be humble and empathetic with others.
If there are no hardships, we will be complacent. If there are no sufferings, we cannot be compassionate and console those who are less fortunate.
Life cannot and can never be too perfect.
Having a crack, to let happiness flow to others, is a beautiful thing.
You don't have to have everything.
If you have everything, what's left for the others?
Also recognise that life has flaws,
That you shall not compare yourself with others,
Instead cherish what you already have.
So, don't go around envying others, count the blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon you.
You will find that there are more things that you have, than things that you don't have.
And what you do not have, although not lovable, is very much part of your life,
Accept and appreciate it, and your life will be much happier.
but there was something that i didnt quite understand abt the story at first. didnt understand the link. i couldnt understand why the story talks alot abt his experiences on his journey to find his missing piece ie the heat, rain, dangers etc. and also why talks abt the many "failed" missing pieces. finally, why was he hesitant in accepting the last missing piece?
perhaps the author meant this: in our search to become perfect, we often had to go through many hard times. and sometimes, we thought we had the key but actually they dun really fit. sometimes we want it so much that we lose it. other times we lose it because we were complacent. all these in our quest for perfection. therefore, it is to show the extent pple go to achieve what they desire, to be perfect. how one probably has got to first go through many failures and rejections before one can achieve the perfection one desires. and perhaps one has got to the point that one is afraid of more failures, thats why he was hesitant in accepting the last piece. but we saw that even after hesitation, accepting the piece thinking that one is perfect now doesnt make one really perfect nor happy.
therefore, personally, i feel that we shldnt then waste too much time on pursuing perfection. of course i dun mean we shldnt strive to be perfect. Look at how the missing-a-piece guy still went on his journey after letting go of the last piece, singing "im looking for my missing piece." Therefore we must still STRIVE to be perfect, like Christ is. but the thing is nobody can really be perfect. few can achieve perfectness. in fact i believe that perfection will come only when Jesus comes again. so instead of dwelling so much on attaining perfectness and lamenting when one is not, we shld learn to accept our imperfection. Im not just talking abt physical imperfection here but also spiritual imperfection! Man is weak and we shld accept this weakness in us humbly and look to God for strength. Not many can admit that he is weak and needs God. but by accepting one's weakness, one can then be a better person in terms of empathy and compassion for others and also realise our need for an Almighty God.
Share with me your views!
while on his journey, he experienced the hot weather and rain, and even snow, went thru shrubs and up mountains, across the ocean... but he also chatted with a worm, smell the flowers, raced with the beetle and played with the butterfly. The reason he could do all these was because, missing a piece, he cant move that fast.
finally, he came upon many "pieces". one declared he wasn't anyone's piece. some were too small, too big, too sharp, too squarish. even when he found the "perfect fit", one slipped because he didnt hold on tightly to it and dropped it. another broke because he held on to it too tightly.
He continued on this journey nonetheless and met with dangers - shot by an arrow, fell into a pit... finally he met a piece that seems a perfect fit but was hesitant in accepting it at first. He accepted it in the end but it causes him to roll so fast that now, he couldnt chat with the little worm, nor smell the flower nor could the butterfly rest on him. He couldnt even sing his favourite song "i've found my missing piece". At this, he finally realized the reason for his imperfection and let go of the missing piece.
The purpose of the story was mainly to tell us that everyone is imperfect and is lacking something. and this imperfectness in everyone is for a purpose.
Everyone's life has been designed with imperfections,
You may not want it, but it will follow you.
I used to hate my imperfections,
But now I have learnt to accept it with open arms.
The flaw in life is like a spike on our backs, reminding us to be humble and empathetic with others.
If there are no hardships, we will be complacent. If there are no sufferings, we cannot be compassionate and console those who are less fortunate.
Life cannot and can never be too perfect.
Having a crack, to let happiness flow to others, is a beautiful thing.
You don't have to have everything.
If you have everything, what's left for the others?
Also recognise that life has flaws,
That you shall not compare yourself with others,
Instead cherish what you already have.
So, don't go around envying others, count the blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon you.
You will find that there are more things that you have, than things that you don't have.
And what you do not have, although not lovable, is very much part of your life,
Accept and appreciate it, and your life will be much happier.
but there was something that i didnt quite understand abt the story at first. didnt understand the link. i couldnt understand why the story talks alot abt his experiences on his journey to find his missing piece ie the heat, rain, dangers etc. and also why talks abt the many "failed" missing pieces. finally, why was he hesitant in accepting the last missing piece?
perhaps the author meant this: in our search to become perfect, we often had to go through many hard times. and sometimes, we thought we had the key but actually they dun really fit. sometimes we want it so much that we lose it. other times we lose it because we were complacent. all these in our quest for perfection. therefore, it is to show the extent pple go to achieve what they desire, to be perfect. how one probably has got to first go through many failures and rejections before one can achieve the perfection one desires. and perhaps one has got to the point that one is afraid of more failures, thats why he was hesitant in accepting the last piece. but we saw that even after hesitation, accepting the piece thinking that one is perfect now doesnt make one really perfect nor happy.
therefore, personally, i feel that we shldnt then waste too much time on pursuing perfection. of course i dun mean we shldnt strive to be perfect. Look at how the missing-a-piece guy still went on his journey after letting go of the last piece, singing "im looking for my missing piece." Therefore we must still STRIVE to be perfect, like Christ is. but the thing is nobody can really be perfect. few can achieve perfectness. in fact i believe that perfection will come only when Jesus comes again. so instead of dwelling so much on attaining perfectness and lamenting when one is not, we shld learn to accept our imperfection. Im not just talking abt physical imperfection here but also spiritual imperfection! Man is weak and we shld accept this weakness in us humbly and look to God for strength. Not many can admit that he is weak and needs God. but by accepting one's weakness, one can then be a better person in terms of empathy and compassion for others and also realise our need for an Almighty God.
Share with me your views!
