Inspiration: THE SEARCH IS OVER!
INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
THE SEARCH IS OVER!
Have you ever read Shel Silverstein's wonderful book, "The Missing Piece
and the Big O"? It's a whimsical fable that has touched readers of all
ages. It chronicles the search most of us have undertaken at one time
or another in our lives to find the one person who can make us whole.
As the "Missing Piece" searches, it encounters other "parts." Some of
them fit, but cannot roll. Others have too many pieces missing - while
still others have too many pieces. The missing piece continues the
futile search until one day it meets the "Big O" - a whole (not a part)
with no pieces missing.
Thinking it had, at last, found its whole, the Missing Piece exclaims,
"I think you are the one I have been waiting for - maybe I am your
missing piece . . . I was hoping that I could roll with you." The Big O
replied, "But I am not missing a piece . . . perhaps you could roll by
yourself."
How often have we all felt that we needed someone else to be whole (or
to roll) - not realizing that we are all in fact already the "Big O."
We are already self-contained, have the ability to roll in any direction
we like, and need nothing else to achieve every dream we've ever had.
Then, unexpectedly, we find that there are others who are also "Big
O's," with whom we can share our own "wholeness."
If I've lost you with this mysterious tale, go by the library or pick up a copy of this unusual story. Trust me - you'll understand. It's the type of book you can give to a loved one who may be feeling like a "Missing Piece."