Winnie the Pooh Day
"Winnie the Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things which has made him the world's most beloved bear."
"..While Eeyore frets and Piglet hesitates... and Rabbit calculates and Owl pontificates... Pooh just... IS...'"
~~Benjamin Hoff
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(Winnie the Pooh Day is January 18, 2010)
The Tao of Pooh
This is a good time to recommend a book I really like--it's about the world's most loved bear:And Pooh's Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism.
The 'Tao of Pooh' explains Taoism by Winnie the Pooh and explaines Winnie the Pooh by Taoism.
It makes you understand what A.A. Milne probably meant when he said he didn't write the Pooh-books for children in the first place.
The Book
Hoff begins his book like this, with a dialog between himself and Winnie-the-PoohÂ…"What's this you're writing?" asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.
"The Tao of Pooh," I replied.
"The how of Pooh?" asked Pooh, smudging one of the words I had just written.
"The Tao of Pooh," I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil.
"It seems more like the ow! of Pooh," said Pooh, rubbing his paw.
"Well, it's not," I replied huffily.
"What's it about?" asked Pooh, leaning forward and smearing another word.
"It's about how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances!" I yelled.
"Have you read it?" asked Pooh.
Pooh and Piglet
Quotes From The Book
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?""What's for breakfast? said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.
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"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brain."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that's why he never understands anything."
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"Just How do you do it, Pooh?"
"Do What?" asked Pooh.
"Become so Effortless."
"I don't do much of anything," he saod.
"But all those things of yours get done."
"They just sort of happen," he said
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"Lots of people talk to animals," said Pooh.
"Not that many listen though."
"That's the problem."
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- johndilbeck johndilbeck Oct 24, 2008 @ 2:38 am
- Hi Pat, I'm with MaryK on this one. I LOVE this book. Now where did I put that jar of honey...
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- I have always wanted to read this book and I never seem to buy it. Thanks for reminding me about this book.
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- Oh Pat... I LOVE this book and I
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