Play dough self

Once upon a time there was a piece of play-dough that went nuts because it wanted to be its authentic self and it had none.

For the time being, it was looking like a giraffe with a knot in its neck. The feeling was horrible.

"Poor bit of nothing special" said a bright yellow Buddha with pink eyes, "the authentic self is but an illusion!"

A hand grasped the Buddha and turned it into a laughing cow. The giraffe with a knot in its neck had an epilepsy crisis which paradoxically untangled it.

Dear bits and pieces or nothing special, you will live happily ever after anyway.