### THE NOW OF POOH

In the morn­ing sun­shine and evening twi­light, a small Bear wan­ders through a For­est. This Bear, known as Pooh, prompts reflec­tion on why we were drawn to him in our youth. Despite being labeled a “Bear of Lit­tle Brain,” we pon­der whether intel­lect tru­ly guides us or mis­leads us. Often, it seems that intel­li­gence diverts us from our true paths, caus­ing us to fol­low super­fi­cial cues, rather than lis­ten­ing to our inner voice that gen­uine­ly directs us.

While the mind is capa­ble of tremen­dous feats, its clev­er­ness often sep­a­rates us from the real­i­ty we inhab­it. The “For­est of Real Life” suf­fers due to an over­abun­dance of intel­lec­tu­al­iza­tion and a lack of gen­uine care for the world around us. Those who have over-thought have become dis­con­nect­ed from the sim­ple truths essen­tial for sur­vival. There­fore, a piv­otal change is nec­es­sary; we must pri­or­i­tize wis­dom and con­tent­ment instead of con­tin­u­ing our mis­guid­ed pur­suits of knowl­edge and clev­er­ness. If we allow our intel­lec­tu­al pur­suits to dic­tate our actions, we risk ruin­ing the very exis­tence we cher­ish.

Life’s true nav­i­ga­tors fol­low an insight­ful voice within—a voice that tran­scends mere clev­er­ness. This innate wis­dom, avail­able to every­one, serves as a guid­ing light in a chaot­ic world. How­ev­er, those who heed it are often dis­missed as anom­alies rather than as mod­els for oth­ers.

With­in each of us resides an Owl, a Rab­bit, an Eey­ore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have favored the intel­lect of Owl and Rab­bit, result­ing in dis­sat­is­fac­tion akin to Eey­ore’s lamen­ta­tion. How­ev­er, mere com­plain­ing solves noth­ing. Instead, we should aspire to embrace the sim­plic­i­ty and wis­dom of Pooh. His child­like spir­it, though some­times faint, is vital for find­ing our way through life’s com­plex­i­ties.

In a world over­whelmed by over­think­ing, the call of Pooh urges us to recon­nect with our authen­tic selves and trust in the sim­plic­i­ty of wis­dom to guide us through the for­est of exis­tence.