The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of PoohWhat Does Pooh Eat for Breakfast?
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,”
said piglet at last, “What’s the first thing you say to yourself?”
“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.
The dialogue above was taken from the book, “The Tao of Pooh” by Benjamin Hoff. These lines contain an important philosophy. They convey that most people take each day for granted. Every day is given to us free. We decide whether to take advantage of this privilege or not. A day offers so many new things in our lives. However, there are times that we ignore these things. As humans we have several flaws. The biggest flaw being, that we are never satisfied with what we have. We always want to reach for something better. We always seem to ignore the good things that can be fed to our soul. At the same time we forget about the needy people, who have nothing, and ambition for more money, clothes, trips, etc.
“What’s for breakfast?” is a very simple question. It can be interpreted to what we are feeding our minds throughout the day? Every single day has something new that we can attain in our fountain of knowledge. A student in school is provided with different kinds of information. Many students choose to ignore the information and waste their time doing something else. On the other hand there are other young kids and teenagers who do not have this opportunity, who would love to have it. We are blind because there are so many things that are given to us by our parents, friends, bosses, or even teachers. If we would listen closely to what everyone says to us, our minds would be full of opinions from different viewpoints. To some of us it might seem like useless information, but advice from a parent, an event in history from your teacher, or a smart idea from your boss can help in the future. There is always something to learn every single day. If we are smart, we will take advantage of our surroundings. What are we going to have or breakfast tomorrow? We can choose either ignorance or intelligence.
Piglets hope for something exciting implies that we are never pleased with what we have. When we are babies we want a toy, when we are kids we want a bicycle, when we are teenagers we want a car, and the pattern never ends. As humans we will always want more than what we have. We might get to the point where some of us have...
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