Week 64 - Sitting in the Power

BE KIND TO YOURSELF

I was recently reminded of the author, A.A. Milne and his book, Winnie the Pooh, about a kindhearted, honey-loving bear named Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. The main characters include a timid piglet, a gloomy donkey named Eeyore, a wise owl, a maternal kangaroo named Kanga with her joey Roo, a busy rabbit, and the boy who owns them all, Christopher Robin. The stories revolve around their simple adventures, which often highlight the themes of friendship, loyalty, and imagination.

In a week I am officiating a wedding of two gentle people who are joining their hands in marriage. They are taking the next step in their together lives, and are using the Tao of Pooh as a backdrop to the values of living.

They are proclaiming their intentions using the works of favorite writers such as Dr. Seuss, A.A. Milne and most importantly, Fred Rogers. I have been led down the path of their commitment to each other and found comfort and caring. "Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like 'struggle.' To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now." Fred Rogers

My grandson said to me yesterday, “I have a cold that is dormant until I go outside and my nose starts to run.” I responded, “My nose runs because I am out in the cold.” And it immediately made me think about the assumptions we make from the younger more innocent times in our life into our adulthood and believe our assumptions are truth.

The Tao of Pooh and the assumptions of innocence. The human mind takes us on many journeys, but the most important step we can take in our self talk is to be kind to ourselves. This is my mantra reminder for the day.

Namaste - I honor the place in you where the entire Universe resides. I honor the place of love, of light, of truth, of peace. I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.