Pooh is able to adapt because he values humility and simplicity over arrogance and complexity. But when Pooh does stumble he is able to adapt spontaneously and without fear. He could also pay a bit more attention to where he is going and at times he could work a bit harder to get there. Well, kind of like Pooh? Worrying can be good for you sometimes and it is often not a bad thing to look before you leap. He is more interested in what others think he knows than what he actually knows and he is certainly not interested in working for the enlightenment of others. He would rather keep what he knows to himself or, even worse, explain it in a way that no-one else can understand. Owl holds knowledge for the sake of appearing wise. His life is ‘a constant struggle to change everything and everyone else but himself, and interfere with things that he has no business interfering with.’ Leave well alone. Rabbit holds knowledge for the sake of being clever. Educated guesses come from acting on uneducated guesses so it follows that no educated guesses will ever come from second guessers. The more uncertain the times, the less educated the guesses. They might be educated guesses but they are still guesses. In times of uncertainty, we often have not much more to go on than our guesses. Piglet constantly second guesses himself. Eeyore holds knowledge for the sake of complaining about something. The how of Pooh The Tao of who The Tao of Pooh In which it is revealed that one of the worlds great Taoist masters isnt Chinese-or a venerable. While his friends are busy doing things like fretting, hesitating, calculating, and pontificating, he just is.Įeyore does not only worry about things that have already happened, are happening, or might happen later, he complains about all of these happenings. In fact, he stumbles his way through everything! Stumbling might even be a stretch. Now I know that Pooh has some lessons for us all as we navigate our way through COVID and all of its uncertainty.īut Pooh does not navigate his way through anything. Fortunately for me, those connections were made for me on the back cover of the book. So, like we teach our students, I tried to make connections between what I know and what I want to know. Taoism is new to me but I am very familiar with Pooh and his friends. The premise is that Pooh is in fact a Taoist master. A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine lent me a book that his mother gave him.
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