Es doloroso decir adiós

It’s Painful To Say Goodbye. Most people don’t realize how much effort it takes to write something simple yet meaningful.

Sin embargo, el autor de Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, fue capaz de transmitir el significado de un mensaje que los lectores de cualquier edad podían entender. Se trata de un mensaje sobre el amor, la amistad, la responsabilidad y la pérdida profunda.

A.A. Miline told us through Winnie the Pooh that love is precious and friends are forever. She also told us that life is fragile and the richer and deeper our relationships, the more painful it is to say goodbye.

But is Winnie the Pooh correct? Was the Pooh Bear lucky to have experienced a depth of love so great that saying goodbye was hard? And what about when one has to say goodbye to a child, a spouse, or a parent? Are we lucky when the pain of saying goodbye is so great that it seems unbearable? It’s Painful To Say Goodbye.

A.A. Milne decidió escribir también sobre Eeyore, el burro. Eeyore tenía una visión muy diferente de la vida, la amistad y el compañerismo.

Eeyore siempre está deprimido y evita las emociones. No tiene una relación profunda con los demás personajes del Bosque de los Cien Acres. En lugar de esforzarse por ayudar a los demás, Eeyore hace muy poco por ser amigo de alguien. Es infeliz. Se desconecta de la sociedad que le rodea. Ni siquiera cree que sea digno de amistad o felicidad. Eeyore no es ni desinteresado ni amable. Básicamente, vive solo y pasa semanas sin tener contacto con los demás animales.

But Eeyore has some attributes that we value in today’s society. He is independent and smart and can take care of himself without help from others. Eeyore isn’t a very needy character, and like real-life donkeys, Eeyore can make it in the wild for extended periods on his own.

But Winnie the Pooh is a flawed personality; he isn’t smart, sophisticated, or worldly. He is always hungry, has an insatiable appetite, little self-control, and a desire to eat honey (a flaw I have in human form). Winnie the Pooh is always getting into trouble that only his friends can get him out of, and it seems he can’t survive even for a day on his own. In short, Winnie the Pooh is a needy character, which is generally not a trait that is prized.

But Winnie the Pooh is happy. He is comfortable in his skin and is sociable, kind, and loyal. Winnie the Pooh knows how to live life to its fullest and is a role model for the animals in the Hundred Acre Wood. And, in case anyone didn’t understand the importance of Winnie the Pooh, he is the best friend of Christopher Robin and all of the animals in the Hundred Acre Wood.

A.A. Milne presents a clear choice: do we want to live and love like Winnie the Pooh despite the Pooh Bear’s obvious flaws and shortcomings? Or is it better to get along and be alone like Eeyore, but without being invested in the society around us?

¿Vive la vida como el oso Pooh?

I choose to live my life like Pooh Bear.

A Life Well Lived can only be a life that is full of love, fun, food, and relationships. I know that one of the downsides of the life I have chosen is that it is unpredictable and sometimes chaotic. And I know that sooner or later I will suffer the pain of saying goodbye to people I love. But until then, my life is rich and full.

Al igual que Winnie the Pooh, soy afortunado porque tengo muchas relaciones que harán que decir adiós sea muy difícil, casi insoportable.

Mientras escribía esto, sabía que algunas personas me criticarían por ser trivial y cursi al extraer significado de un libro infantil. Pero, ¿qué hay de trivial en las lecciones más fundamentales que enseñamos a nuestros hijos? ¿Qué hay de cursi en las palabras que A. A. Milne escribió hace casi 100 años, aunque fueran para niños?

Winnie the Pooh is foundational, classic, and non-pretentious. For those who want a more sophisticated version of Winnie the Pooh, we only need to read the words of The Right Honorable Lord Alfred Tennyson’s immortal poem In Memoriam A.H.H. In this poem, Lord Tennyson wrote about the loss of his closest friend and the pain of his loss.

«Lo mantengo firme, pase lo que pase;
Lo siento cuando más sufro;
Es mejor haber amado y perdido
Que nunca haber amado».