In our lives, we often also feel that finding our own Missing Piece-whatever it may be-will make us happy. However, after we find our own Missing Pieces we see a new set of desires and problems arise. This becomes a never ending search for an illusory Missing Piece that leads to unhappiness. According to the book, real satisfaction lies in rejecting the idea that there is a magic bullet that will make us happy. In the end, the circle realizes this and abandons its Missing Piece. After doing so, it immediately starts looking for its Missing Piece again, now armed with the knowledge that it is the quest that brings it fulfillment and not the attainment of the object itself.
When we people talk about missing pieces, we refer to another human being. A cat or a bicycle or a job can not be cosidered as missing pieces, thus can not be anything. So the story for someone who finds the missing piece (also metaphorically the other half) and abandons it, does not fit. Since it realizes there is not a missing piece in life, it should stop searching for a next one. That should be the knowledge gained. Otherwise there is created a distance from reality. Maybe the metaphor is for something else. But in general you are right, ones completeness/happiness can not be based on someone else. Because then it can also dissapear if that person leaves.
I always loved the missing piece. I dont remember the last time but i remember i would check it our every year for the accelerated reading tests. Watching this has made me tear up because it has so much meaning so i love it even more!
When it found its missing piece it lost the ability to talk to the worm or smell a flower or a butterfly to land on it. It lost its ability to sing. The thing it was searching for the whole time was not what it truly cared about in the end. The circle realized that the missing piece was not worth losing everything it grew to love along the way. So it let the missing piece go so that it can go back to the times it enjoyed rolling around slowly and enjoying its life.
I swear, you know you're growing up when this story has lost its innocence to you. As a little kid, you may have thought of this as just a fun story of a little guy looking for a missing piece. Sure, it was sad that he eventually had to lose his piece, but you kept on rolling with your life (no pun intended) without giving it a second thought. Now, years later, I realize that this story is about me. And you. The innocence is stripped away, and you realize that you may just be missing a piece. And I am too.
Im not sure whether missing a piece is a good thing or a bad thing. It seems that having it only leads to sorrow and depression, but not having one leads to the same thing. I just wish that there was some middle ground where you could be happy. But that will never happen
@@Josh-og6hk As a personal anecdote; I think the possibility of discussing the middle ground is there. However, it is likely that message is one that "sidetracks" (for lack of a better word) the intended lesson that Shel Silverstein may have intended.
I think it's about how people go through life looking for something that will fulfill them. They feel an emptiness in themselves that they think is inherently wrong and therefore needs fixing. The things he fills the missing piece with symbolize the things you go through life trying to acquire to fill your life with meaning. The final message comes when he enjoys the experiences life has to offer as he is. Sieze the day with the power of self-acceptance.
I have come across with this story during my senior year in college. This story was included in the syllabus because we were studying World Literature at that time. I was in darkest moment in my life and didn't know I was suffering from depression and too much pressure from the university. My friends and I have a lot misunderstandings and I pushed them away. We tried to turn it around but it wasn't working. Our edges just don't fit anymore and it only ended hurting both sides. We parted ways after the graduation and I have lost contact to most them. I retained friendship for the two of them but it was never the same again. It's been 9 years since it happened it I came to realize that I was the missing piece in the story. Their season in my life has ended I have no regrets with that friendship and the love we shared was genuine. The pain was just too much that we can never go back to what it was. That was my interpretation to this story. It's a children's book but says a lot about our bitter, sad and nostalgic life.
I missed this story so much. I read it in grade school and forgot about it years later. Revisiting it now, it almost hurts to read again thanks to my many experiences of love, loss, pain, and sacrifice. I almost want to cry because I realize that I'm one of millions of people out there who'll probably never find that one missing piece to make their lives feel complete, whatever it is. For some it's school. For some it's love. For some, it's religion. For some, it's just happiness. For me, it's love. But that's just part of the journey to find the part that's not there to gain true fulfillment. It may take our entire lifetimes, but I think that's the point of the story. We'll always keep rolling, singing our little song, trying and trying and trying again until we find the perfect match for ourselves. God, I missed this story...
I liked this story when I was young. It touched me a lot. But before, I think missing piece meant to find another half. Now, I finally realised that it is talking about perfection. Trying to be perfection is not perfect at all. That’s my thought.
“Often times we live our lives in chains, and we don’t even see we had the key all along “ I think this sums up the book beautifully 💕 It’s about having the strength to say I choose me. Having the strength to let things go. I found it empowering.
bro i kid you not - as a kid my sister read this to us while watching this video and I felt so sad for him thinking he felt really bad without his piece and started to cry so hard (especially with the music) and I didn't finish the story until I was in school and they read it out loud to us (just the book not this video) and I finally understood in the end he was better off without the piece and to enjoy life - just thought this would be a fun story to share on a wonderful book
this is the biggest metaphor for my relationship right now i was so happy when i found her but after a couple of years i grew unhappy i found my missing piece but it seemed like i couldnt sing no more but doesnt mean it didnt hurt when we said goodbye
This story of The Missing Piece is about ones journey in life from the time you are born to the day you die. People struggle to find meaning in their lives and hope to find the answers along that journey. At the end of their journey when they die, it's only then that they realize that there was never a missing piece but life is really about experiencing all the good and bad things that happen to us. The missing piece to me is a metaphor for Hope which gives us the will to live and never give up. When the final day arrives for each and every one of us, we can appreciate what a wonderful, interesting and challenging life we had. I see the missing piece as an instrument of hope for me to keep learning and appreciate all life has to offer and how lucky we are to be put on this earth and we should make use of this opportunity. Indeed, life is short but sweet.
This story is NOT saying you shouldn't stay with someone if they make you happy because somehow you are better off alone. That's taking the story way too literally. It's about how often in life we become so focused on achieveing a goal we forget to enjoy the moment. We think "I'll be happy when... I get the car, the wife, the job, money etc. The happiness is always in the future instead of the now. This story reminds us that it's not the destination that counts...it's the journey.
I searched for 55+ years to find that missing piece so I could tell my daughter who her father was...long story. It finally came, the mystery last Saturday...strangely enough, now that she older, she has lost interest. I was searching for her? Or, perhaps myself? DNA Detectives group on Facebook has over 40,000 members. I joined a few months ago. I love this video...sat her crying...thank you for posting it and to whomever created it. xo
SparkleBC did you find your daughter through that FB group? If yes, that's amazing! What a small world..🤗 I hope you get some closure, but remain open. 💗 The story isn't over. Don't carry what doesn't serve you. If you don't heal that wound, you'll bleed all over everyone who didn't cut you and you don't want that for everyone you love. If plans are going to fall apart, let them fall apart perfectly. There is a lot to feel blessed about, still. If things are going to get turned around, you'll only know it if you remain open to it. You can only will it to be, and move on without expectation. Accept what is out of your hands, is out of your control. All you have is love. Breathe. Your soul has come so far. Be gentle with yourself. Stay gentle with others. Know that you mapped this out for yourselves before, and it will all play out perfectly the way it is meant to for you, and everyone around you. Use your free will and take back the courage to live as is. There is no wrong way. Sorry, think I was channeling there for a minute. Not sure if that was for you, me or the next person to read that. I have to go to bed though, as I was half asleep for most of that rant and it's real sleep time, but 💗 to you.
Wow, powerfull stuff... i need something like this every now and then to remind me that, yes life can realy suck sometimes, no doubt! But you gotta live, you shouldnt stand still with the things you lost or doubts you have about yourself. Live, cause life has alot more to offer than just pain. Don’t let yourself get down! Shed a tear and get right back up!
The morale of this story is, I think, that everyone should have an impossible, unreachable goal they set for themselves. For when you set minimal goals and achieve them, you find that they are not worth much. A momentary thrill and sense of satisfaction that is over in a few moments. Just one more thing crossed off a long list. On to the next thing. But constantly striving and never achieving, but enjoying every minute of the quest. All the surprises along the way. That is what old Don Quixote understood, I suspect He imagined himself to be a brave knight on a long quest. It gave meaning to his life in an often meaningless world. Others probably considered him crazy but he may have been wiser than they.
At first you're sad because you're missing contentment Then you find contentment But now you're missing the adventures you had while looking for contentment So you drop the contentment And immediately start becoming sad again You realize that you'll never find it again But you embrace it And use it And become AN ARTIST
For me this is about life, things and people we love. And how we change in our life and this things doesn’t fits anymore. We change who we are and our passions. And then about many moments we lose to live passions that we believe or want to believe we need.
this animation is so beautiful link... remember watching it years ago.. but you have done a stunning job.. it adds so much to shel silversteins poem.. its a shame he never saw it.
Same, but what's the meaning of this... Maybe Quagmire is after all, not a sexual psycho but a pragmatical philosopher... not attached to anyone, only seaking his own pleassure in this short life of ours His message would be, Don't look for your missing piece, since there is not such a thing, Instead u should try to live, Enjoying all u can at peace. Mmm, his a pyscho right? But the message still remains, Thanks Quagmire, giggitty!
That explains why I'm in the point of my life where I have lost everything, my search for something that I didn't know off, and the things that I knew but I lost along the way, and now I have lost the will to live, as I'm looking for the reason WHY did I even do that in the first place.
henry kieffer it's just so metaphorical. it could fit so perfectly with the topic of relationships, but is subject to the viewer, and how they interpret it. it just pulls at all the questions you keep inside about whatever you consider "your missing piece"
If the piece is aware that a piece of it is missing and then finds one but bcz he's rolling habits have changed now drops it away, then it should not look for its missing piece since he let a perfectly fit piece go away.
Life is about continuous growth regardless of how much of whatever you have. Keep moving your "goal posts" and you will keep experiencing all the aspects of Life. It's good, bad and ugly sides are what keeps us feeling alive. Never settle...
1:19 - it should be Until one day, lo and behold! "I've found my missin' piece, " it sang, "I've found my missin' piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I've found my ..."
I suggest the sequel, "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O". I think Silverstein does a good job of clarifying his message and putting it in a more uplifting way there. Best wishes! :)
our bodies, although are what allow us to experience the world, hinder us from it as well. we are so stuck on our routines and measuring the changes of our lives, we forget to live. our bodies keep us from living sometimes, as paradoxical as it sounds.
Easy to understand as a Buddhist and her story is often used as an example in practice. Those that seek others to fit and complete them, rather then knowing mind, wisdom, strength. In partnership. Rather the circle is complete in itself, and through practice and determination, a triangle can be more rounded and move side by side with the other.
This was - as so often with cartoonist (Playboy etc.), screenwriter, songwriter (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, Johnny Cash, Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson, himself...) and artist Shel Silverstein (1930-99), a kid's book (1976) for grownups. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein) I guess those who don't get it are happy with conformism. Find someone that "completes you" as in the movies, and get happy and fat together with in real life. Others prefer their personal freedom (from what?) and go their own way. You might call them "seekers". Me, I miss someone when I'm alone, and wish I was alone when I'm with someone... "You don't miss the cow until the stall is empty" www.discogs.com/artist/679432-Shel-Silverstein
Omg thats pretty crazy I remember reading this when I was younger and thought it was kind of stupid. I just came across it now and it took a whole new meaning on me..... wow
@Toyman1982 I don't think that's what it means.. the metaphor is that when things are too perfect, too 'rounds' with no obstacle, we CANNOT help but going by without notice everything beautiful and meaningful in life.. when everything is so smooth [you have tons of money, live in a giant house with servants, works on the 348798 floor, goes from your car-office-work, stuck all day long with your iphone/pod/pad/mac]
I should say the later story puts in the Buddhist aspect. THe piece was lost. The triangle couldn't find another to fit into. and saw a complete circle rolling along. in the end the triangle tried and flip and flipped until the edges were rounded and rolled (as a little circle) along side the other. (Equanimity)
@@1stunna91 I saw the same book on the last page of the book don't have nothing. I think the writers want us to think about what it would be like. It's a very good idea because in ending reads differently, it's up to the person to look at it. It's a book that I really want.
@Toyman1982 you won't be able to stop and look at the sky, smell a flower, watch a butterfly, think, reflect, take a deep breathe and enjoy the sun beams.. that's why every once in a while we need to stop and evaluate the conditions we are in, and see if change is required- and it's needed almost every time. so that you won't get caught in this crazy race of life to achieve and accomplish and succeed... but for what cost? for what? that's how I feel this beautiful story..
What's the meaning of all this? Maybe Quagmire is after all, not a sexual psycho but a pragmatical philosopher... not attached to anyone, only seaking his own pleassure in this short life of ours His message would be, Don't look for your missing piece, since there is not such a thing, Instead u should try to live, Enjoying all u can at peace. Mmm, his a pyscho right? But the message still remains, We shall mot forget this lesson. Thanks Quagmire, giggitty!
In our lives, we often also feel that finding our own Missing Piece-whatever it may be-will make us happy. However, after we find our own Missing Pieces we see a new set of desires and problems arise. This becomes a never ending search for an illusory Missing Piece that leads to unhappiness. According to the book, real satisfaction lies in rejecting the idea that there is a magic bullet that will make us happy. In the end, the circle realizes this and abandons its Missing Piece. After doing so, it immediately starts looking for its Missing Piece again, now armed with the knowledge that it is the quest that brings it fulfillment and not the attainment of the object itself.
Is this a metaphor for relationships?
erasmusso It's a metaphor of life in general.
When we people talk about missing pieces, we refer to another human being. A cat or a bicycle or a job can not be cosidered as missing pieces, thus can not be anything. So the story for someone who finds the missing piece (also metaphorically the other half) and abandons it, does not fit. Since it realizes there is not a missing piece in life, it should stop searching for a next one. That should be the knowledge gained. Otherwise there is created a distance from reality. Maybe the metaphor is for something else. But in general you are right, ones completeness/happiness can not be based on someone else. Because then it can also dissapear if that person leaves.
Yeahhhhhhh!!!
whogaboo thank you for the great explanation!!.. I was close to realize it...
I always loved the missing piece. I dont remember the last time but i remember i would check it our every year for the accelerated reading tests. Watching this has made me tear up because it has so much meaning so i love it even more!
When it found its missing piece it lost the ability to talk to the worm or smell a flower or a butterfly to land on it. It lost its ability to sing.
The thing it was searching for the whole time was not what it truly cared about in the end. The circle realized that the missing piece was not worth losing everything it grew to love along the way.
So it let the missing piece go so that it can go back to the times it enjoyed rolling around slowly and enjoying its life.
Be grateful and appreciate every single step on your “missing piece” ventures
I swear, you know you're growing up when this story has lost its innocence to you. As a little kid, you may have thought of this as just a fun story of a little guy looking for a missing piece. Sure, it was sad that he eventually had to lose his piece, but you kept on rolling with your life (no pun intended) without giving it a second thought. Now, years later, I realize that this story is about me. And you. The innocence is stripped away, and you realize that you may just be missing a piece. And I am too.
Im not sure whether missing a piece is a good thing or a bad thing. It seems that having it only leads to sorrow and depression, but not having one leads to the same thing. I just wish that there was some middle ground where you could be happy. But that will never happen
Josh Taylor Also, why does this video not have millions of views?
Josh Taylor balance, moderation, meditation = the middle ground you're looking for. just my two cents!
Josh Because it's idiotic.
@@Josh-og6hk As a personal anecdote; I think the possibility of discussing the middle ground is there. However, it is likely that message is one that "sidetracks" (for lack of a better word) the intended lesson that Shel Silverstein may have intended.
I think it's about how people go through life looking for something that will fulfill them. They feel an emptiness in themselves that they think is inherently wrong and therefore needs fixing. The things he fills the missing piece with symbolize the things you go through life trying to acquire to fill your life with meaning. The final message comes when he enjoys the experiences life has to offer as he is. Sieze the day with the power of self-acceptance.
"I can be someone's and still be my own."
Maybe it was never missing a piece. Maybe it was meant to be that way, that shape all along.
Go read the missing piece meets the big O
I have come across with this story during my senior year in college. This story was included in the syllabus because we were studying World Literature at that time. I was in darkest moment in my life and didn't know I was suffering from depression and too much pressure from the university. My friends and I have a lot misunderstandings and I pushed them away. We tried to turn it around but it wasn't working. Our edges just don't fit anymore and it only ended hurting both sides. We parted ways after the graduation and I have lost contact to most them. I retained friendship for the two of them but it was never the same again. It's been 9 years since it happened it I came to realize that I was the missing piece in the story. Their season in my life has ended I have no regrets with that friendship and the love we shared was genuine. The pain was just too much that we can never go back to what it was. That was my interpretation to this story. It's a children's book but says a lot about our bitter, sad and nostalgic life.
I missed this story so much. I read it in grade school and forgot about it years later. Revisiting it now, it almost hurts to read again thanks to my many experiences of love, loss, pain, and sacrifice. I almost want to cry because I realize that I'm one of millions of people out there who'll probably never find that one missing piece to make their lives feel complete, whatever it is. For some it's school. For some it's love. For some, it's religion. For some, it's just happiness. For me, it's love. But that's just part of the journey to find the part that's not there to gain true fulfillment. It may take our entire lifetimes, but I think that's the point of the story. We'll always keep rolling, singing our little song, trying and trying and trying again until we find the perfect match for ourselves.
God, I missed this story...
You'll find it. Just keep on rollin'.
I liked this story when I was young. It touched me a lot. But before, I think missing piece meant to find another half. Now, I finally realised that it is talking about perfection. Trying to be perfection is not perfect at all. That’s my thought.
“Often times we live our lives in chains, and we don’t even see we had the key all along “
I think this sums up the book beautifully 💕 It’s about having the strength to say I choose me. Having the strength to let things go. I found it empowering.
Sarah Roobaby “having the strength to choose me” .. thank you .. :’)
What makes us happy today will not make us happy tomorrow.
bro i kid you not - as a kid my sister read this to us while watching this video and I felt so sad for him thinking he felt really bad without his piece and started to cry so hard (especially with the music) and I didn't finish the story until I was in school and they read it out loud to us (just the book not this video) and I finally understood in the end he was better off without the piece and to enjoy life - just thought this would be a fun story to share on a wonderful book
wow I'm deadass crying
LMAO!!
You from New York?😂
Me too. Do you thing that the poem' means that there are trade-off's in life or you can't have it all ? It's a beautiful poem.
I read this as a child. i almost cried. How can something so simple be so complex yet meaningful?
this is the biggest metaphor for my relationship right now i was so happy when i found her but after a couple of years i grew unhappy i found my missing piece but it seemed like i couldnt sing no more but doesnt mean it didnt hurt when we said goodbye
This story of The Missing Piece is about ones journey in life from the time you are born to the day you die. People struggle to find meaning in their lives and hope to find the answers along that journey. At the end of their journey when they die, it's only then that they realize that there was never a missing piece but life is really about experiencing all the good and bad things that happen to us. The missing piece to me is a metaphor for Hope which gives us the will to live and never give up. When the final day arrives for each and every one of us, we can appreciate what a wonderful, interesting and challenging life we had. I see the missing piece as an instrument of hope for me to keep learning and appreciate all life has to offer and how lucky we are to be put on this earth and we should make use of this opportunity. Indeed, life is short but sweet.
This story is NOT saying you shouldn't stay with someone if they make you happy because somehow you are better off alone. That's taking the story way too literally.
It's about how often in life we become so focused on achieveing a goal we forget to enjoy the moment. We think "I'll be happy when... I get the car, the wife, the job, money etc. The happiness is always in the future instead of the now. This story reminds us that it's not the destination that counts...it's the journey.
I searched for 55+ years to find that missing piece so I could tell my daughter who her father was...long story. It finally came, the mystery last Saturday...strangely enough, now that she older, she has lost interest. I was searching for her? Or, perhaps myself? DNA Detectives group on Facebook has over 40,000 members. I joined a few months ago. I love this video...sat her crying...thank you for posting it and to whomever created it. xo
SparkleBC i hope that you got the closure you needed after all this time. No matter what, you clearly care very much about your daughter. ❤️
SparkleBC did you find your daughter through that FB group?
If yes, that's amazing!
What a small world..🤗
I hope you get some closure, but remain open. 💗
The story isn't over.
Don't carry what doesn't serve you.
If you don't heal that wound, you'll bleed all over everyone who didn't cut you and you don't want that for everyone you love.
If plans are going to fall apart, let them fall apart perfectly. There is a lot to feel blessed about, still.
If things are going to get turned around, you'll only know it if you remain open to it.
You can only will it to be, and move on without expectation.
Accept what is out of your hands, is out of your control. All you have is love.
Breathe.
Your soul has come so far.
Be gentle with yourself.
Stay gentle with others.
Know that you mapped this out for yourselves before, and it will all play out perfectly the way it is meant to for you, and everyone around you. Use your free will and take back the courage to live as is. There is no wrong way.
Sorry, think I was channeling there for a minute. Not sure if that was for you, me or the next person to read that. I have to go to bed though, as I was half asleep for most of that rant and it's real sleep time, but 💗 to you.
actually i cried with this video..we r all deserve to find our right missing peace ..lots of blessing to you all xxx
Ummmmm why am I in literal tears. I kinda miss when this was just a fun book but i'm glad I can appreciate it more now.
Childhood right here.
Damn this is deep.
Wow, powerfull stuff... i need something like this every now and then to remind me that, yes life can realy suck sometimes, no doubt! But you gotta live, you shouldnt stand still with the things you lost or doubts you have about yourself. Live, cause life has alot more to offer than just pain. Don’t let yourself get down! Shed a tear and get right back up!
The missing piece is ourselves, mainly, I'm sure, possibly
A book for children gives way better relationship values and education than most of the fictions, dramas and movie that they said are for adults.
Pacman is giving me feels.
The morale of this story is, I think, that everyone should have an impossible, unreachable goal they set for themselves. For when you set minimal goals and achieve them, you find that they are not worth much. A momentary thrill and sense of satisfaction that is over in a few moments. Just one more thing crossed off a long list. On to the next thing.
But constantly striving and never achieving, but enjoying every minute of the quest. All the surprises along the way. That is what old Don Quixote understood, I suspect He imagined himself to be a brave knight on a long quest. It gave meaning to his life in an often meaningless world. Others probably considered him crazy but he may have been wiser than they.
I agree! I'd also say it tells us that the right piece wouldn't be one that stops us doing what we enjoy.
At first you're sad because you're missing contentment
Then you find contentment
But now you're missing the adventures you had while looking for contentment
So you drop the contentment
And immediately start becoming sad again
You realize that you'll never find it again
But you embrace it
And use it
And become
AN ARTIST
It's the Happiness of Pursuit rather than the Pursuit of Happiness.
Shel Silverstein was the best! So simple, but so deep. Huge influence on me.
For me this is about life, things and people we love. And how we change in our life and this things doesn’t fits anymore. We change who we are and our passions. And then about many moments we lose to live passions that we believe or want to believe we need.
this animation is so beautiful link... remember watching it years ago.. but you have done a stunning job.. it adds so much to shel silversteins poem.. its a shame he never saw it.
my teacher showed us this in grade 2 or 3, over 8 years ago and now im finally understanding what it meant
I came here because of quagmire
Just watched the scene lol
Same, but what's the meaning of this... Maybe Quagmire is after all, not a sexual psycho but a pragmatical philosopher... not attached to anyone, only seaking his own pleassure in this short life of ours
His message would be,
Don't look for your missing piece,
since there is not such a thing,
Instead u should try to live,
Enjoying all u can at peace.
Mmm, his a pyscho right?
But the message still remains,
Thanks Quagmire, giggitty!
me too
When he talks to meg😂
@@lasaventurasdevitoelgatoma3405 I don't know who are u, but something in your comment give me the realization that you are a wonderful person
Anyone else thinking what im thinking at 1:36 ?
quagmire sent me here btw.
that was beautiful. Its so simple and yet, there's so much meaning behind it. : )
That explains why I'm in the point of my life where I have lost everything, my search for something that I didn't know off, and the things that I knew but I lost along the way, and now I have lost the will to live, as I'm looking for the reason WHY did I even do that in the first place.
I remember reading this as a child, and now watching this video... man this is heartbreaking.
This isn't right. Something's wrong here. When I read this story as a kid it didn't give me chills like this.
why did this give you the chills?
henry kieffer it's just so metaphorical. it could fit so perfectly with the topic of relationships, but is subject to the viewer, and how they interpret it. it just pulls at all the questions you keep inside about whatever you consider "your missing piece"
oh
Oh my god, this is not something you want to watch when you're alone with a bottle of wine.
I can relate to when you think you have the right piece and you hold too lightly/tightly.
I feel kinda sad for the piece 😭
All I know is that a piece missed is a piece lost. Piece out
I am having a memory of a memory!
LOVE ME was always be my favorite of Yiruma and this video was..... ugh~ great!!
There is no way I was the only one who thought this book was about pac man
For my wife...You are forever my missing piece, gone but not forgotten.
awwwwwwwwwwwww i love this story sooo much i couldnt stop crying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel so sorry for that un-circle
That's all about realising that the search is what truly makes you happy.
If the piece is aware that a piece of it is missing and then finds one but bcz he's rolling habits have changed now drops it away, then it should not look for its missing piece since he let a perfectly fit piece go away.
Unless it enjoys the search, rather than finding an actual match
that's a good way to put it
This is one of the saddest videos's I've ever seen, haha. Maybe because things in life are often explained using the simplest methods.
Life is about continuous growth regardless of how much of whatever you have. Keep moving your "goal posts" and you will keep experiencing all the aspects of Life. It's good, bad and ugly sides are what keeps us feeling alive. Never settle...
This kinda made me cry
1:19 - it should be
Until one day, lo and behold!
"I've found my missin' piece, " it sang,
"I've found my missin' piece
So grease my knees and fleece my bees
I've found my ..."
I suggest the sequel, "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O". I think Silverstein does a good job of clarifying his message and putting it in a more uplifting way there. Best wishes! :)
why am i crying
I'd always wanted to see this story made into a movie
Thank you for putting out this incredible video!
i love this creative piece, it is amazing, so simple, and at the same time so complex
I legit cried watching this.
my favorite books, just bought this + the big O as the last gift for my boyfriend who just left me. Crying while watching :(
I cried watching it in my class my teacher showed on the smart board and people were crying
That moment when your crush gives you this link right after you ask her out. 😭
lol
Triggeredlittle Bunny :/
Señor Natsu Sorry k.
feel so sorry for u :'/
MS4YT Lmao
This circle belongs to the streets
our bodies, although are what allow us to experience the world, hinder us from it as well. we are so stuck on our routines and measuring the changes of our lives, we forget to live. our bodies keep us from living sometimes, as paradoxical as it sounds.
This is really...waoww!! amazing, I'm a guy yet i got emotional after this, happy too...
Easy to understand as a Buddhist and her story is often used as an example in practice. Those that seek others to fit and complete them, rather then knowing mind, wisdom, strength. In partnership. Rather the circle is complete in itself, and through practice and determination, a triangle can be more rounded and move side by side with the other.
Shel Silverstein is a legend
I wish he found his real missing piece... Pizza.
NO SOMEONE ATE IT
Shel Silverstein stole my childhood........dammit.
Omg, This is so so awesome...not just for children. I plan to read and discuss this on my you tube channel...tfs
It rolled faster than I expected lol
I read the book when I was a child, this is a great story and very impressive.😊
Wow, I feel sad ... is that how I should feel. How moving. It put an ache in my heart.
our philo teacher read this to us and it is NOW one of my faves
I read this book as a child, and it became my favorite book, because I knew immediately, that would be me. And it was. And it is.
Had tears watching this
i really liked this, nice job :)
This makes perfect sense!
Nice piano music and animation
This was - as so often with cartoonist (Playboy etc.), screenwriter, songwriter (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, Johnny Cash, Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson, himself...) and artist Shel Silverstein (1930-99), a kid's book (1976) for grownups. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein)
I guess those who don't get it are happy with conformism. Find someone that "completes you" as in the movies, and get happy and fat together with in real life. Others prefer their personal freedom (from what?) and go their own way. You might call them "seekers". Me, I miss someone when I'm alone, and wish I was alone when I'm with someone...
"You don't miss the cow until the stall is empty"
www.discogs.com/artist/679432-Shel-Silverstein
i'm nearly crying...
Omg thats pretty crazy I remember reading this when I was younger and thought it was kind of stupid. I just came across it now and it took a whole new meaning on me..... wow
snow slide - 0:38- 0:39 missing "And sometimes it was frozen by the snow
but then the sun would come and warm it again."
I was impressed by the content very wonderfully.
@Toyman1982 I don't think that's what it means..
the metaphor is that when things are too perfect, too 'rounds' with no obstacle, we CANNOT help but going by without notice everything beautiful and meaningful in life..
when everything is so smooth [you have tons of money, live in a giant house with servants, works on the 348798 floor, goes from your car-office-work, stuck all day long with your iphone/pod/pad/mac]
this is a good story, the massage is very meaningful, i cried and maybe it is the best story that i read TvT
Watched this in class today. Everyone was dying of laughter.
still a betterove story than twilight
I should say the later story puts in the Buddhist aspect. THe piece was lost. The triangle couldn't find another to fit into. and saw a complete circle rolling along. in the end the triangle tried and flip and flipped until the edges were rounded and rolled (as a little circle) along side the other. (Equanimity)
I enjoyed this video.
what does the a missing piece represent ?
love?
life goals?
Life goals? I never thought of that. Great observation.
@@1stunna91 I saw the same book on the last page of the book don't have nothing. I think the writers want us to think about what it would be like. It's a very good idea because in ending reads differently, it's up to the person to look at it. It's a book that I really want.
The music made me cry! 😭
simple but profound
Love Me - Yiruma
and as it rolled it softly sang,
"They see me rollin
They hatin
Patrolling they tryin to catch me ridin' dirty"
@Toyman1982 you won't be able to stop and look at the sky, smell a flower, watch a butterfly, think, reflect, take a deep breathe and enjoy the sun beams..
that's why every once in a while we need to stop and evaluate the conditions we are in, and see if change is required- and it's needed almost every time. so that you won't get caught in this crazy race of life to achieve and accomplish and succeed... but for what cost? for what?
that's how I feel this beautiful story..
i sweated through my eyes cause its to sad for me
What's the meaning of all this?
Maybe Quagmire is after all, not a sexual psycho but a pragmatical philosopher... not attached to anyone, only seaking his own pleassure in this short life of ours
His message would be,
Don't look for your missing piece,
since there is not such a thing,
Instead u should try to live,
Enjoying all u can at peace.
Mmm, his a pyscho right?
But the message still remains,
We shall mot forget this lesson.
Thanks Quagmire, giggitty!