The whole is greater...

...than the sum of it's parts.

I randomly found myself watching Red Dwarf last night. I was more interested in keeping the dog quiet as dad had already gone to bed than the program, but my word, the telly might as well have been turned up about a thousand or so decibels because it shouted at me. And stood out like a sore thumb. Well had it been an image of a hand with a sore thumb it would have anyway.

I just went "WOW" and repeated it to myself over and over until I could actually make a proper note of it. It's a perfect quote, if from a rather bizarre source, but hey, the amazingness always says that randomness is the key. And I do believe that he is right. I generally believe he is right, but he generally is!!

So the quote then...I've had a look, many people have said it, but it possibly goes back to good old Aristotle, although some people have said that he could be paraphrasing it from someone else. The origin doesn't really matter at this very moment. It most commonly is used in business to help motivate team working. The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. I suppose in this context means you get more done if you work together as a team.

I have thought though.....there's definitely a hidden meaning to this one. Well I say hidden, if you ask me it's blatantly obvious. And how nobody noticed it I don't know. If you are a whole person you function so much better than you do as a split person. And no I'm not talking about schizophrenics and so called "normal" people. I am talking about being really complete. Being able to follow your intuition entirely. Being in touch with yourself. Loving your self and only yourself unconditionally, with no exceptions. This is complete love, and not divided. Harmonising with your emotions, and most of all marrying up your mind, your spirit and your body, and recognising and using them in this lifetime as one entity. The left and right side. Everything wholly. Accepting who you are, and accepting everyone else, in their entirety.

Try it sometime. It's such a beautiful and perfect quote, and wholly motivating in every sense. It's simple yet effective.

Be complete. If you are complete then who knows what's waiting for you around the corner. It's bound to be something rather special.