Eeyore

    • Eeyore

      This is National Suicide Prevention Month and i thought this excerpt from Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne is good to share. <3

      Are there any "Eeyores" in your life you need to check up on?

      It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

      "Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

      "Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.

      "We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

      Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

      Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.Eeyore looked at them in surprise.

      "What are you doing?"

      "We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

      "Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh."

      And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.Because Pooh and Piglet were There. No more; no less.

    • I remember reading somewhere that Eeyore was supposed to symbolize depression. I haven't actually read what you've posted until now, and it does make a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing it

      It's pretty much a fact that everyone has bad days. When bad days, emotional and mental troubles turn into something more, however.... yes it is important to check on people around you. Eeyore makes a good point about not only feeling down, but feeling worthless to the point that he believes people shouldn't (and wouldn't even want to) be around him. We need people in our lives to tell us that isn't true. Everyone needs reassurance in their lives. Just knowing that someone is there for you could change the world for someone (so yes, please be Pooh and Piglet)

    • Kara Zor-El wrote:

      This is National Suicide Prevention Month and i thought this excerpt from Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne is good to share. <3

      Are there any "Eeyores" in your life you need to check up on?

      It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

      "Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

      "Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.

      "We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

      Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

      Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.Eeyore looked at them in surprise.

      "What are you doing?"

      "We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

      "Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh."

      And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.Because Pooh and Piglet were There. No more; no less.

      Wonderful! Thanks for posting