Every once in a while, some character from the Pooh stories will say
something that can be a profound metaphor for life and I wonder how I
missed it after all these years and all these many times reading it. The
one I'm going to share this evening is no exception. Usually, I'm too
busy laughing at Eeyore, but for whatever reason, this jumped out at me
tonight. Perhaps because, metaphorically speaking, I'm at the "bottom of
the river". And as usual, Eeyore has a very pragmatic way of looking at
and dealing with things:

"I didn't stop to ask, Pooh. Even at the very bottom of the river I
didn't stop to say to myself, 'Is this a Hearty Joke, or is it the
Merest Accident?' I just floated to the surface, and said to myself,
'It's wet.' If you know what I mean."