Love your analogies!
I had a struggle to answer this one for it was something I never put much thought to for I was of the belief as you offered in your post that we are all already whole!
Thank-you for sharing your reflections and your added bit of wisdom -
Our only "job" in this Earth School is to re-member. To reconnect with the profound, sacred truth that we are Creators, Spirit Beings, Eternal and Whole.