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The Tao of Pooh



In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Ducking stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special , a Swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that its there what can we do but splash around, trading water? The Wise are Who They Are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.

There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the same time, we do not need to be too desperate, too ruthless, too combative. Along the way to usefulness and happiness, many of those things will change themselves, and the others can be worked on as we go. The first thing we need to do is recognize and trust our own Inner Nature, and not lose sight of it. For within the Ugly Duckling is the Swan, inside the Bouncy Tigger is the Rescuer who knows the Way, and in each of us is something Special, and that we need to keep.


The book has excerpts from Pooh stories and combines those with Taoism principles. It's really magnificent.



In the spirit of the ongoings at harrumph, I decided to take today's except from a most delightful book called, The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. When I was first told to read this book, while I knew who Pooh was, I'd never read any of Milne's books so I had to go back and read them first. To any Pooh fan, this is a must read.

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