honey of life, and let be what must be.The Uncarved Block 'No matter how he may seem to others, especially to those fooled by appearances, Pooh, the Uncarved Block, is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded. Sometimes you just need to take a deep breath, relax, and smile. Though I personally don't fully agree with the concepts, I do to some extent understand the point.

But Pooh disarms them all not with his zinging wit or his keen wisdom, but rather with his constant unflinching support and velvety touch.Īll and all this book is a reminder that life is to be lived not planned. All of these friends are examples of what not to be. Take for example Rabbit who is constantly overthinking everything, or Piglet who lives in a world of paranoia, and even Owl who watches over everyone with his cautious eye. Pooh is a leader in that he unites his eclectic group of misfits in their disheveled lives and untangles them through their wholesome adventures. He is what we ought to be or rather what we forget to be. He loves to indulge in the magical tastiness of a delicious jar of honey. He has no clue what day it is and doesn't even care much once he finds out. His appreciation of life is simple, he loves honey and being courteous to his friends. Pooh somehow cuts through all this and lives moment to moment in a tiny world that he creates for himself. Life can be a messy transit of commotion, with fidgety lights and erupting sounds filling the airwaves of our existence.

Winnie the Pooh is the great embodiment of our deepest philosophical aspirations and according to The Tao of Pooh he doesn't even realize it because he's too busy being lost in the moment. The Tao of Pooh touches on the basis of all this but states boldly that everything one could desire to find in philosophy can be discovered by the example of one silly old bear. With the clear function of examining life, philosophy offers ideas and notions for how things may be so that we can clear a path to walk our lives on. Philosophy is known to stretch us to the farthest reaches of our minds.

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