Cottleston Pie

From The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

"As we have likely recognized by now, no two snowflakes, trees or animals are alike. No two people are the same, either. Everything has its own Inner Nature. Unlike other forms of life, though, people are easily led away from what's right for them, because people have Brain, and Brain can be fooled. Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled. But many people do not look at it or listen to it, and consequently do not understand themselves very much. Having little understanding of themselves, they have little respect for themselves, and are therefore easily influenced by others.

The Way of Self-Reliance starts with recognizing who we are, what we've got to work with, and what works best for us."

"How can you get very far,

If you don't know Who You Are?

How can you do what you ought,

If you don't know What You've Got?

And if you don't know Which To Do

Of all the things in front of you,

Then what you'll have when you are through

Is just a mess without a clue

Of all the best that can come true

If you know What and Which and Who."

"Sooner or later we're bound to discover some things about ourselves that we don't like. Do we want to get rid of them completely, change them into other things, or use them in beneficial ways...while pounding on the piano keys may produce noise, removing them doesn't exactly further the creation of music."