Life Lessons From Winnie-the-Pooh
Your childhood is calling, it has some wisdom to share! Sometimes, when I go back and read old favorites, I’m surprised at how much good sense is packed into the books I read before I realized how important they were. The plots were always entertaining, but the life lessons lost on someone who had lived so very little life. Now that I am three decades in, quotes from childhood staples are surprisingly valid and poignant. Here are some of my favorites from A.A. Milne (creator of Winnie-the-Pooh and all of his friends).
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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh?” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s hand. “I just wanted to be sure of you.”*****
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”*****
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”*****
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”*****
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”*****
“Well,” said Pooh, “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.”*****
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”*****
“Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.”*****
“How do you spell ‘love’?” – Piglet “You don’t spell it…you feel it.” – Pooh”*****
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