This page hasn't been updated in about 4 years, but it still gets tons of hits, so I leave it up. I'm not sure how people keep finding it, but I'm glad they do.
I would encourage you all to
buy the Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff, as it is a truly great book. It inspired me at a time
when I really needed inspiration, and I suspect it has done that for many
people.
"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.
"Not that many listen though."
"That's the problem."Quotes
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last,
"what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
Through working in harmony with life's circumstances,
Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into
something positive.
When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that
get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and
mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.
The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise
A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect
conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is
restricted by his own learning.
"Lots of people talk to animals," said Pooh.
You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle
every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes,
ignoring the clear reality that Thinsg Are As They Are.
Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people,
although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job,
the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your
Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't
belong.