1 . Once a circle missed a wedge (楔子). The circle wanted to be     1    , so it went around looking for its missing piece. It was uncompleted and therefore could roll only very slowly. While rolling, it admired the flowers along the way,     2    (chat) with worms and enjoyed the sunshine.

One day the circle found a piece that     3    perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole with nothing missing. It fixed the missing piece in itself and began to     4    . Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talk to     5    . When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it     6    and left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange     7    we are whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some way a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to desire, to hope, to nourish his soul     8    the dream of something better.

When we accept that imperfection is part of human being, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can     9    wish to.

If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to share in another’s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fullness that     10    other living creature will ever know.