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I'm sure it's koans like "Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can’t hear, and not bothering", or
by mcswell 5y ago
I'm sure it's koans like "Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can’t hear, and not bothering", or "Well, what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. (Excerpted from https://medium.com/swlh/12-winnie-the-pooh-philosophies-to-help-make-sense-of-life-a352c13d4b37 https://medium.com/swlh/12-winnie-the-pooh-philosophies-to-h...)
- fennecfoxen 5y agoI appreciate the surprising subtlety of your analysis.
- perl4ever 5y agoA.A. Milne played cricket on the same team as J. M. Barrie, Arthur Conan Doyle and P. G. Wodehouse. I'm not sure what this corresponds to, but it sounds like it means something. Also, the real Christopher Robin is said to have had a less than happy relationship to the Winnie the Pooh phenomenon.