Unfortunately Complaining Is One Thing Eeyores Are

Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness. Everything Has To Be Filled In, It Seems-appointment Books, Hillsides, Vacant Lots-but When All The Spaces Are Filled, The Loneliness Really Begins. Then The Groups Are Joined, The Classes Are Signed Up For, And The Gift-to-yourself Items Are Bought. When The Loneliness Starts Creeping In The Door, The Television Set Is Turned On To Make It Go Away. But It Doesn't Go Away. So Some Of Us Do Instead, And After Discarding The Emptiness Of The Big Congested Mess, We Discover The Fullness Of Nothing.

Pooh Is Able To Accomplish What He Does Because He Is Simpleminded.

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.

It's Not Surprising, Therefore, That The [bisy] Backson Thinks Of Progress In Terms Of Fighting And Overcoming. One Of His Little Idiosyncrasies, You Might Say. Of Course, Real Progress Involves Growing And Developing, Which Involves Changing Inside, But That's Something The Inflexible Backson Is Unwilling To Do.

A Way Of Life That Keeps Saying 'around The Next Corner, Above The Next Step,' Works Against The Natural Order Of Things And Makes It So Difficult To Be Happy And Good.