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The Missing Piece
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"The Missing Piece" Quotes

A lonely, incomplete circle sets out on a journey to find its missing piece, discovering along the way that happiness comes from self-acceptance rather than completion.

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The missing piece sat alone, waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere.

Shel Silverstein

lonelinesswaiting

And then, one day, someone did come along.

Shel Silverstein

hope

And he took the missing piece on a journey.

Shel Silverstein

journey

But the missing piece was not happy.

Shel Silverstein

unhappiness

It was too quiet, too easy.

Shel Silverstein

comfort

So it left the big piece and kept on rolling.

Shel Silverstein

independence

But it soon discovered that out there alone, things were not as it had imagined.

Shel Silverstein

disappointment

And it was no longer a missing piece.

Shel Silverstein

self-discovery

But it was still seeking something.

Shel Silverstein

searching

It rolled faster and faster, looking for the missing piece to complete itself.

Shel Silverstein

completion