POOH'S WISDOM ~
“C'est La Vie!”
Everything
on Earth has a purpose ~
Every
disease ~ an herb to cure it;
And
every person ~ a mission.
This
is the Indian theory of Existence.
(Mourning
Dove)
“Why
Winnie the Pooh is the Hero We Need Right Now”
writes Carly Mallenbaum in USA Today.
Living in 'the moment' bear teaches us about the benefit of little
or nothing.
“It's
time we turn off our phones ~ and listen to a silly old bear.
Though
A. A. Milne's “Winnie
the Pooh”
books have been around more than 90 years, the Wisdom
of
its titled character has never seemed more necessary than it does
today.
The calm bear unknowing upheld the basic tenets
of the Chincese philosophy about appreciation: the natural beauty of
things.
Poooh just is! He loves and lives with taking a 'selfie' or worry
about FOMO.
He doesn't care what he's missing out on ~ he's too enrapt by the
present.
In a voice, the sound of a warm blanket, he extols that
Today is my Favourite Day.
Yesterday, when it was tomorrow, it was too much day for me!
Blackie the Crow says to her fledglings sitting on a tree limb,
“To
make a difference in someone's life,
you don't have to be brilliant, beautiful or perfect.
You just have to care!”
C'est La Vie!
Wild
Plains Bison
Pooh, knowing of the plight of bison in Banff National Park...lack of
food source...
lack of trails to their forests... and loss of habitation due to
roads and traffic,
Winnie was influential in releasing 31 bison into a 1200
square-metre-zone featuring meadows and grassy velleys for grazing.
These wild bisons are now free-roaming animals. The Plains Bison are
an iconic part of Canada's history, having freely roamed in the
Rockies, filling an important need for the livelihood of First Nation
People and the early settlers.
C'est
La Vie!
Black
Bear Needing a Sugar-Fix!
Pooh
met a young black bear on Vancouver Island who was desperate for a
'sugar-fix'. To Anna's house, Pooh sent him ~ a 95-year-old woman
had left her door open ~ just for a breeze. Bear was shhooed out
twice, being told twice to Beat
It! She
also told bear on another attempt, No!
Go Home!.
So
he went into the woods. On his 3rd
attempt, he found a sugar bin and sugared his mouth before heeding
BEAT
IT! GET OUT! Again.
(Pooh had again succeeded to aid his 4-legged frinds.
C'est La Vie!
Swans
and Cygnets
It was a proud Parenting Moment when Ma and Pa Swan took their 4
babes to a shallow pond for their first swim. When needing to lay
her eggs, Pooh led her to a grassy glade to nest ~ with a nearby
flowing stream. Pooh looked proudly on as the wee ones
splashed...learning to swim among the many lily-pads...upon one which
sat a small turtle, soaking up morning sun on his shell.
C'est La Vie!
Toronto
Zoo's Bats
How Pooh knew ~ I dont' know! He's just so Instinctive!
He'd
heard of this endangered species ~ and told the Zoo about them.
Authorities then placed them in a Conservation Program. These bats
roost in trees and forage for food...picking their prey off leaves
and even catch flying insects. And now, for these bats: C'est
La Vie!
Camouflage!
A Ruby-Throated-Hummingbird consulted Pooh, needing to build a nest
where her hatchlings, when born, would be safe. He discovered for
her a tree with lots of knotty bark...explaining to her that her nest
and babes would be 'camouflaged' among bark and leaves of this
woodland location. Delighted she was and amazed at Pooh's wisdom in
meeting her imminent needs.
C'est La Vie!
If you talk to the animals, they will talk to you
and you will know each other.
If you do not talk to them, you will not hear them;
and what you do not know, you will fear.
What one fears ~ one destroys.
(as heard by Chief Dan George)
Rainbow
House
Known for his wisdom, Pooh was consulted by a human, stating: “I
have an old house that is very, very small and is most unattractive.
In your wisdom, Pooh, what can you do to make me house-proud?”
Remembering Hummingbird and how he camouflaged her nest...with his
tiny little brain, he had an idea. Pooh hired a painter who marked
the wall in squares...and with Rainbow Colours, the exterior was
superb. And all the humans walking by, now admired this once little
house.
C'est La Vie!
Carly
Mallenbaum concludes: “Yes, he is clumsy! Yes, he's a bear of
very
little brain;
But there is a reason he's the greatest friend in the Hundred Acre
Wood.
He never chooses work over caring for his loved ones.
He enjoys the sweetness of life immensely without broadcasting his
perfect day.
He
is just living joyously and singing about it.”
Writer: Merle Baird-Kerr...August 12, 2018
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