The Missing Piece Meets the Big O – “Have you ever tried?” asked the Big O

“By myself? A missing piece cannot roll by itself.” ”Have you ever tried?” asked the Big O. “But I have sharp corners,” said the missing piece. “I am not shaped for rolling.” “Corners wear off,” said the Big O, “and shapes change. Anyhow, I must say good-bye. Perhaps we will meet again…”

Often times we forget that the first step in getting what we want is making steps and effort to move toward it. I think you can read this like - "No one can love you until you love yourself" because of the missing pieces attempts to find a partner.

The other read is that you can trick yourself into thinking you are making progress by focusing on all these other things around you and looking for someone / something outside of yourself to make the progress for you. But, at the end of the day, you have to make the progress for you.