Something small...

This morning I woke up with an idea for a blog post about the power of the small, based on a dream I had last night. Whilst having my morning tea and toast I turned to one of my favourite philosphers for a bit of inspiration - Winnie the Pooh.

Rather than one of the original texts, I picked up The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. Having not read this book for a while, I decided to just start at the beginning. It wasn't very long before I came to this section, which might well have been written with We Are What We Grow in mind.

"To Lao-tse (LAOdsuh), the harmony that naturally existed between heaven and earth from the very beginning could be found by anyone at any time...earth was in essence a reflection of heaven, run by the same laws - not by the laws of men. These laws affected not only the spinning of distant planets, but the activities of the birds in the forest and the fish in the sea...the more man interfered with the natural balance produced by and governed by the universal laws, the further away the harmony retreated into the distance. The more forcing the more trouble. Whether heavy or light, wet or dry, fast or slow, everything had its own nature already within it, which could not be violated without causing difficulties."

So much for my blogpost about the power of the small...that will have to wait for another day. But come to think of it, The Tao of Pooh is a very SMALL book...