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Mising Tile Syndrom

1) The "Missing Tile Syndrome" refers to focusing on what is missing in one's life rather than appreciating what one already has. This robs people of happiness. 2) Like noticing a missing tile in a ceiling full of tiles, people often emphasize what they lack instead of what is present. This can negatively impact health and cause unhappiness. 3) To prevent this, one should be grateful for what they have, content with what they possess, and not covet what others have. Focusing on improving controllable factors like attitude is better than worrying about things beyond one's control.

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Mising Tile Syndrom

1) The "Missing Tile Syndrome" refers to focusing on what is missing in one's life rather than appreciating what one already has. This robs people of happiness. 2) Like noticing a missing tile in a ceiling full of tiles, people often emphasize what they lack instead of what is present. This can negatively impact health and cause unhappiness. 3) To prevent this, one should be grateful for what they have, content with what they possess, and not covet what others have. Focusing on improving controllable factors like attitude is better than worrying about things beyond one's control.

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International Journal of Research and Review

Vol.7; Issue: 5; May 2020


Website: www.ijrrjournal.com
Informative Article E-ISSN: 2349-9788; P-ISSN: 2454-2237

Missing Tile Syndrome: Robbing Ourselves of


Happiness
Arti Attri1, Rashmi Negi2
1
Lecturer, SGT University, Gurugram
2
Assistant Professor, SGT University, Gurugram
Corresponding Author: Arti Attri

ABSTRACT missing. Upon that one missing tile, this has


been called the “Missing Tile Syndrome”.
Life is a beautiful gift of God that we should It extends to all aspects of our life
always keep it in our mind. As a human being and how we relate with others. We all have
we always have a habit/tendency to focus on the a no. of desires but do not possess all many
things which we do not have in our life instead
a times. Those are missing tiles in our life.
on focusing or realizing all positive things
which are present in our own life, which is We always try to achieve maximum and
affecting our life quality. Ultimately it deprives perfect in our life. There are some desire
many of the human being to achieve happiness (missing tiles) which we cannot achieve (get
in their life. replace/ fix). Although the missing tile in
the ceiling can be fixed and looks the ceiling
Key words: Missing tiles, ceiling, covetous perfect and beautiful again. But
unfortunately human beings have no limit
CONCEPT for happiness and unfortunately there is not
It’s so easy to focus on what we such ‘Perfect life’.
don’t have in life rather than enjoying the Health will be in a big danger when we
things in our life that we do have.3 have u concentrate on our missing tiles
heard of “Missing Tile Syndrome”? This is continuously. We may experience various
something that we all tend to do. We physical and psychological symptoms like
generally emphasize what is missing instead unhappiness, anxiety, sadness, remorseful
of what is present, what is negative instead and ungrateful.
of what is positive in our life. Even though How to prevent Missing Tile Syndrome:-
we have a life filled with happiness and all 1. Be grateful and thankful: we should
blessings, we often obsess for the things always be grateful to God for the “tiles”
which are missing. having in our life and live a happy and
“Missing Tile Syndrome” is a term better life. We may never have
coined by Dennis Prager. It simply focusing everything in life but we could always
on the things which we are missing and thus have something.
robbing ourselves of happiness. Imagine 2. Fill yourself with the feeling of
that you are in a Museum and looks up and contentedness. It will ultimately make us
see a beautiful ceiling made up with satisfied with the things we have in life
thousands of tiles. As u look around u notice instead of missing things.
that one of the tile is missing. Although the 3. Do not be a grasping person. As in life
rest of the ceiling is perfect and beautiful we cannot have everything, but we must
but now you are not able to enjoy its full have something.
beauty just because of that one tile which is 4. Do not be covetous. It is marked by
inordinate desire for the same wealth as

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Arti Attri et.al. Missing tile syndrome: robbing ourselves of happiness

another person. As a human being we replaced. Unlike a ceiling, life can never be
always use to think about it. These types made perfect. For that reason, concentrating
of feelings will make us to suffer with on the missing tiles in your life is a big
various kin of negative behaviour like problem.
stealing, robbery, murder etc. Most of what is missing in our lives,
Sign and Symptoms or what we perceived is missing, cannot be
 Feeling of sadness or despair fixed. Unlike a ceiling, life can never be
 Feeling of inferiority perfect always. For that reason, focusing on
 Feeling of hopelessness the missing tiles in life is a big problem,
 Feeling of dissatisfaction which is robbing our happiness. We all have
 Feeling of helplessness one life to lead. Margus Aurellus once said:
a man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.
How to fix it? Instead of worrying about what you can not
1. Forget it sometime what is missing(If control, shift your energy to what you can
what you want is unrealistic) create. Be grateful for what you already
2. Either work to get what’s missing (If have while pursue your goals. Remember,
that’s possible) or try to find modified the only thing on which you can have a
way to get what you misses. control is your own mental attitude. When
3. Try to find replacement or alternative your ceiling is mostly full of tiles take time
(With an acceptable substitute). to Live, Love and Laugh while you enjoy
Sometimes we may be able to find even life.
better.
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How to cite this article: Attri A, Negi R. Missing tile
match, changing job etc. syndrome: robbing ourselves of happiness.
International Journal of Research and Review. 2020;
CONCLUSION 7(5): 268-269.
Most of what is missing in our lives,
or what we think is missing, cannot be

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