Benjamin Hoff

It's about this dumpy little bear that wanders around asking silly questions, making up songs, and going through all kinds of adventures, without ever accumulating any amount of intellectual knowledge or losing his simpleminded sort of happiness. That's what it's about," he said

"By going outside," said Pooh.

Of course, real progress involves growing and developing, which involves changing inside,

you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly.

When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong. One man's food is often another man's poison, and what is glamorous and exciting to some can be a dangerous trap to others.

In other words, everything has its own place and function

Once you face and understand your limitations, you can work with them, instead of having them work against you and get in your way, which is what they do when you ignore them, whether you realize it or not. And then you will find that, in many cases, your limitations can be your strengths.

No two people are the same, either. Everything has its own Inner Nature.

The Way of Self-Reliance starts with recognizing who we are, what we've got to work with, and what works best for us.

Sooner or later, we are bound to discover some things about ourselves that we don't like. But once we see they're there, we can decide what we want to do with them. Do we want to get rid of them completely, change them into other things, or use them in beneficial ways?