The wholeness of life

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Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. SO it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporate the missing piece into itself and begin to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how difficult the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away. There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dream and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.