Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then mumble and grumble that they weren't given enough.

A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.

In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior and inferior to separate one man or species from another. All retained their natural Virtue and lived in a state of pure simplicity.

If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.

Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan. Each of us has something Special, a swan of some sort, hidden inside somewhere. But until we recognize that it's there, what can we do but splash around, treading water? The Wise are Who They Are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.

The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid.