How 5 Quotes from Pooh Bear Teaches Us About Taoist Wu Wei
How the Tao of Pooh reminds us how to live the best life
“What’s this you’re writing?” asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.
“The Tao of Pooh,” I replied.
“The how of Pooh?” asked Pooh, smudging one of the words I had just written.
“The Tao of Pooh,” I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil.
“It seems more like the ow! of Pooh,” said Pooh, rubbing his paw.
“Well, it’s not,” I replied huffily.
“What’s it about?” asked Pooh, leaning forward and smearing another word.
“It’s about how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances!” I yelled.
“Have you read it?” asked Pooh.
Right from the Foreword, we’re invited to look at life with squinty eyes and see it differently.
After all, how many people talk up a storm about being happy and calm but live in a very different place? But when you operate from your innate self, you can stay happy and calm under all circumstances and find Wu Wei.
We start the book with the Vinegar tasters, and whilst this story represents the three philosophies that dominated China for…
