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When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

Benjamin Hoff

Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet.
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Home New Pooh Sweet Tao
Those who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow ‘burn their toast a lot,’ said Pooh
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Life Rainbow Things Thinking
The Eeyore Educational System sees childhood as a waste of time, a luxury that society cannot afford . . . Put children in school at the earliest age possible; load them down with homework; take away their time, their creativity, their play, their power; then plug them into machines.
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Children Creativity Education
To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.
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Attachment Desire Suffering
Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn’t look very deeply into things to begin with.
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Clever Looks Pooh
The Universe knows what it’s doing. So don’t develop a big ego, and don’t be afraid.
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Bigs Ego Knows
Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.
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Drug relief Taken
If people were superior to animals, they’d take good care of them,” said Pooh.
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Animal Nature People
We simply need to believe in the power that’s within us, and use it.
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Believe Needs Use
As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
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Mean Simple Stupid
From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.
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Happiness Pooh Tao Views Way
Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them.
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Curve Interesting Rocks
“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.” “And he has Brain.” “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.” There was a long silence. “I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.”
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Clever Funny Humor
Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you’ve got.
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Cheer Up Want
Treat gain and loss the same.’ Don’t be Intimidated. Don’t make a Big Deal of anything – just accept things as they come to you.
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Accepting Gains Loss
There is more to knowing than just being correct
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Correct Just Being Knowing

When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

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When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

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