![]() ![]() “While Eeyore frets… and Piglet hesitates… and Rabbit calculates… and Owl pontificates… Pooh just is. Instead, we should spend more time just being. Taoists like Benjamin Hoff believe that living well depends on understanding the nature of the universe and living in harmony with it. We make life more complicated than it needs to be, forgetting to appreciate the simple joys of life. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Tao of Pooh, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Particularly when it comes to the age of the Internet, many of us can get trapped in the pitfalls of information overload. “I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.” “Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. However, unlike some of his friends, even when he seems to be concentrating extra hard on something, Pooh never over-thinks the situation and simply allows the solution to come to him. He just wants some “hunny” and he enjoys the company of his good friends. It’s easy to disregard a character like Winnie the Pooh for being simple-minded. Milne‘s iconic characters from the Hundred Acre Wood and their conversations with the author. You must have heard people say a thousand times that today is the only day you have. The key difference, of course, is that it is explained to us through the perspective of A.A. In The Tao of Pooh, we are offered a fairly comprehensive explanation of the philosophy of Taoism. I hope theres an animal somewhere that nobody has ever seen. He may be just a “silly old bear,” but Winnie the Pooh sure seems like he has life figured out. I hope theres an animal somewhere that nobody has ever seen. 141 quotes from The Tao of Pooh: ‘Zoals de dichter Loe Yoe heeft beschreven:De wolken boven ons sluiten en scheiden zich,De bries op de binnenplaats e. And one of the simplest yet most profound lessons we can glean from Taoism is simply to allow things to happen. ![]() ![]() Not only do I catch myself thinking too much I get caught up in a lot of meta-thought too, thinking about thinking. Just look at the logo for this blog: it’s Rodin’s Thinker (Le Penseur). I am completely and utterly guilty of this. “The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard – one that thinks too much.” ![]()
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