More on Pooh and Piglet

Today, Jennie builds on an earlier address  - "The Tao of Pooh" - the title of a book by Benjamin Hoff, a western Taoist and the source of Jennie's inspiration today. Hoff's book was inspired by AA Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" - written in the 1920's - when Milne had returned from the trench warfare of WW1 suffering from what we would now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder  - or PTSD. The story is an allegory used by Milne to explain his  - at times - errant, PTSD-induced behaviour to his son. The characters are different kinds of people or  - more particularly, different aspects of ourselves. Piglet is paranoia; Eeyore is depression. Tigger is impulsivity. Rabbit is perfection-caused aggression. Owl is memory-loss and Kanga represents over-protection. Jennie's point is that these characters are all child-friendly representations of PTSD but are also characteristics to be found within each and every one of us. Jennie follows with some of Hoff's Taoist wisdoms and uses AA Milne's song "Coddleston Pie" to explain why we so often ignore the reality of things as they are. Everything has its own place and function - even mud - even us! Listen on!