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Within Each Of Us There Is An Owl, A Rabbit, And Eeyore, And A Pooh. For Too Long, We Have Chosen The Way Of Owl And Rabbit. Now, Like Eeyore, We Complain About The Results. But That Accomplishes Nothing. If We Are Smart, We Will Choose The Way Of Pooh. As If From Far Away, It Calls Us With The Voice Of A Child's Mind. It May Be Hard To Hear At Times, But It Is Important Just The Same, Because Without It, We Will Never Find Our Way Through The Forest.

But Down Through The Centuries, Man Has Developed A Mind That Separates Him From The World Of Reality, The World Of Natural Laws. This Mind Tries Too Hard, Wears Itself Out, And Ends Up Weak And Sloppy. Such A Mind, Even If Of High Intelligence, Is Inefficient. It Drives Down The Street In A Fast-moving Car And Thinks Its At The Store, Going Over A Grocery List. Then It Wonders Why Accidents Occur.

We Don't Need To Shift Our Responsibilities Onto The Shoulders Of Some Deified Spiritual Superman, Or Sit Around And Wait For Fate To Come Knocking At The Door. We Simply Need To Believe In The Power That's Within Us, And Use It. When We Do That, And Stop Imitating Others And Competing Against Them, Things Begin To Work For Us.

There Was A Man That Hated His Footprints And His Shadow, So One Day He Thought That If He Ran Fast Enough, His Footprints And Shadow Would Not Be Able To Follow Him And Then He Never Ever Had To Look At Them Again. He Ran And He Ran As Fast As He Could, But The Shadow And The Footprints Had No Problems Keeping Up To Him. And He Ran Even Faster And All Of A Sudden He Fell Dead To The Ground. But If He Been Standing Still There Hadn't Been Any Footprints And If He Had Been Resting Under A Tree His Shadow Had Been Swallowed Of The Trees Shadow.

It Is Very Hard To Be Brave," Said Piglet, Sniffing Slightly, "when You're Only A Very Small Animal." Rabbit, Who Had Begun To Write Very Busily, Looked Up And Said: "it Is Because You Are A Very Small Animal That You Will Be Useful In The Adventure Before Us.