There Is More To Knowing Than Just

In The Age Of Perfect Virtue, Men Lived Among The Animals And Birds As Members Of One Large Family. There Were No Distinctions Between Superior And Inferior To Separate One Man Or Species From Another. All Retained Their Natural Virtue And Lived In A State Of Pure Simplicity.

Within Each Of Us There Is An Owl, A Rabbit, And Eeyore, And A Pooh. For Too Long, We Have Chosen The Way Of Owl And Rabbit. Now, Like Eeyore, We Complain About The Results. But That Accomplishes Nothing. If We Are Smart, We Will Choose The Way Of Pooh. As If From Far Away, It Calls Us With The Voice Of A Child's Mind. It May Be Hard To Hear At Times, But It Is Important Just The Same, Because Without It, We Will Never Find Our Way Through The Forest.

A Saying From The Area Of Chinese Medicine Would Be Appropriate To Mention Here: "one Disease, Long Life; No Disease, Short Life." In Other Words, Those Who Know What's Wrong With Them And Take Care Of Themselves Accordingly Will Tend To Live A Lot Longer Than Those Who Consider Themselves Perfectly Happy And Neglect Their Weakness. So, In That Sense At Least, A Weakness Of Some Sort Can Do You A Big Favor, If You Acknowledge That It's There.

Without Difficulties, Life Would Be Like A Stream Without Rocks And Curves – About As Interesting As Concrete. Without Problems, There Can Be No Personal Growth, No Group Achievement, No Progress Of Humanity. But What Mattes About Problems Is What One Does With Them.

Unfortunately Complaining Is One Thing Eeyores Are Not Afraid To Do. They Grudgingly Carry Their Thimbles To The Fountain Of Life, Then Mumble And Grumble That They Weren't Given Enough.