É doloroso dizer adeus

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

No entanto, o autor de Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, conseguiu transmitir uma mensagem cujo significado pode ser compreendido por leitores de todas as idades. Trata-se de uma mensagem sobre amor, amizade, responsabilidade e perda 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 decidiu também escrever sobre o burro Eeyore. Eeyore tinha uma visão muito diferente da vida, da amizade e da camaradagem.

O Bisonho está sempre deprimido e evita emoções. Ele não tem conexões profundas com os outros personagens do Bosque dos Cem Acres. Em vez de se esforçar pelos outros, o Bisonho faz pouco esforço para ser amigo de alguém. Ele é infeliz. Ele se desconecta da sociedade ao seu redor. Ele nem mesmo se considera digno de amizade ou felicidade. O Bisonho não é altruísta nem gentil. Ele vive essencialmente sozinho e passa semanas sem contato com os outros animais.

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?

Você vive a vida como o Ursinho 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.

Tal como o Ursinho Pooh, tenho a sorte de ter muitas relações que tornarão a despedida muito difícil, quase insuportável.

Ao escrever isto, eu sabia que algumas pessoas me criticariam por ser banal e sentimental ao extrair significado de um livro infantil. No entanto, o que há de banal nas lições mais fundamentais que ensinamos aos nossos filhos? O que há de sentimental nas palavras de A.A. Milne, escritas há quase 100 anos, mesmo que tenham sido escritas para crianças?

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.

“Eu acredito nisso, independentemente do que acontecer;
Sinto isso quando estou mais triste;
É melhor ter amado e perdido
Do que nunca ter amado.”