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I found this Pooh and Piglet story on the internet and it brought tears to my eyes, I hope it moves you too ♥️

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Pooh woke up that morning, and, for reasons that he didn't entirely understand, couldn't stop the tears from coming. He sat there in bed, his little body shaking, and he cried, and cried, and cried.

Amidst his sobs, the phone rang.

It was Piglet.

"Oh Piglet," said Pooh, between sobs, in response to his friend's gentle enquiry as to how he was doing. "I just feel so Sad. So, so, Sad, almost like I might not ever be happy again. And I know that I shouldn't be feeling like this. I know there are so many people who have it worse off than me, and so I really have no right to be crying, with my lovely house, and my lovely garden, and the lovely woods all around me. But oh, Piglet: I am just SO Sad."

Piglet was silent for a while, as Pooh's ragged sobbing filled the space between them. Then, as the sobs turned to gasps, he said, kindly: "You know, it isn't a competition."

"What isn't a competition?" asked a confused sounding Pooh.

"Sadness. Fear. Grief," said Piglet. "It's a mistake we often make, all of us. To think that, because there are people who are worse off than us, that that somehow invalidates how we are feeling. But that simply isn't true. You have as much right to feel unhappy as the next person; and, Pooh - and this is the really important bit - you also have just as much right to get the help that you need."

"Help? What help?" asked Pooh. "I don't need help, Piglet.

"Do I?"

Pooh and Piglet talked for a long time, and Piglet suggested to Pooh some people that he might be able to call to talk to, because when you are feeling Sad, one of the most important things is not to let all of the Sad become trapped inside you, but instead to make sure that you have someone who can help you, who can talk through with you how the Sad is making you feeling, and some of the things that might be able to be done to support you with that.

What's more, Piglet reminded Pooh that this support is there for absolutely everyone, that there isn't a minimum level of Sad that you have to be feeling before you qualify to speak to someone.

Finally, Piglet asked Pooh to open his window and look up at the sky, and Pooh did so.

"You see that sky?" Piglet asked his friend. "Do you see the blues and the golds and that big fluffy cloud that looks like a sheep eating a carrot?"

Pooh looked, and he could indeed see the blues and the golds and the big fluffy cloud that looked like a sheep eating a carrot.

"You and I," continued Piglet, "we are both under that same sky. And so, whenever the Sad comes, I want you to look up at that sky, and know that, however far apart we might be physically...we are also, at the same time, together. Perhaps, more together than we have ever been before."

"Do you think this will ever end?" asked Pooh in a small voice.

"This too shall pass," confirmed Piglet. "And I promise you, one day, you and I shall once again sit together, close enough to touch, sharing a little smackerel of something...under that blue

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Roukaya profile image
Roukaya

Incredibly touching and beautifully said

It speaks from the heart 💓 and is deeply and profoundly emotive

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to Roukaya

X❤

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Roukaya in reply to Bazzak

Thank you

I would like a Piglet in my life to be happy with and to be sad with

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Marnie22 in reply to Roukaya

Me too. 🙄🌸

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to Marnie22

Well you will have to share me 😁x

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Activity2004

This is a very beautiful and thoughtful story. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.😀👍🌈👌🙏

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Jennymary

Had me in tears at the end, and we all need a Piglet in our lives even when there's no pandemic going on

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SORRELHIPPOReading Rabbits

Lovely, I do love Eeyore, and if I wake up a little sad, I tend to think I am having an Eeyore day, and remember, all I have to do is go back on Steroids, and I can have two weeks of Tigger days. I am unsure which is worse, others say my Tigger times a dreadful.

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to SORRELHIPPO

❤x

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Patsy10

That's lovely.

I am so lucky to have my very own piglet, especially at this time.

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Ghounds profile image
GhoundsReading Rabbits

Thank you. I have never managed to find a Piglet, spent far too much time caring for others!

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Ouanne

How truly amazing.

Winnie the Pooh was a huge favourite with my own sons and with the many young children I taught over the years. The writer has captured the essence of these two much loved characters.

Has anyone watched the movie, “Goodbye Christopher Robin”? That brought tears to my eyes also.

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Such a lovely movie Ouanne. I'd always wondered about the rift between 'Christopher Robin' and his dad and this movie really explains how he felt. It never fails to make me cry to watch it.

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Sheila_G

That is wonderful. I love Winnie the Pooh but never has that been more poignant. Thank you for drawing attention to it. x

It's lovely isn't it Bazzak! I too posted this, probably before you were among us, and just as context, it's not AA Milne but was written for the Samaritans, which probably explains why it touches so many hearts. And shows how we all still love some Pooh and Piglet, whatever age we are! 😀

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That's where I found it, ,xx

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MydogBrandy

Lovely😀

Ghounds profile image
GhoundsReading Rabbits

Thanks but it is. I've far too much wrong with me for anyone to be interested and I'm just too old to bother. Also too many bad experiences to want to trust anybody ever again.

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marigoldb in reply to Ghounds

Oh dear, you really sound very down at present. I’m sure having been a carer for so long, you feel exhausted, and being on your own with many thoughts buzzing around doesn’t help.

No one deserves to feel as you do, maybe you need help to talk through all the disappointments in your life, whether physical, relationships, etc. I think there is probably some grieving to do. But letting some of it go, you will see there is still a worthwhile, likeable person inside you who can offer friendship and receive it from another.

I’m 84, widowed 6 years ago, live on my own, have several conditions, but really count myself fortunate to hear the birdsong, feel the sun on my skin, read, do a daily crossword, and some knitting, of a project I’ve taken on.

I have a garden, and with 2 sticks make myself walk round and round to do at least 1,000 steps a day. Not many but good for me.

Sending you a virtual hug

I always remember the story,

2 men in prison, one looked up and saw the bars, the other looked through and saw the stars.

Bye now.

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GhoundsReading Rabbits in reply to marigoldb

Thanks for the hug. I'm normally very positive but shielding alone with cancer and a lot more besides has left me too much time to think and I've been suffering with all the noise with everyone being at home. I'm a gardener too and a Christian so my faith is a big help. Just had a few bad days.

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marigoldb in reply to Ghounds

Thank you for replying, and of course you can share all you feel on the bad days, with us on this forum. I have found it very helpful. I’m on the spinal stenosis support group, and the British heart foundation , and the pmr one as well.

So glad you enjoy your garden, I’m very limited as to what I can do, but do have help once a week from a gardener.

As a Christian also, yes our faith really does support, though I often want to ask Him, what next have you up your sleeve?

My mother in law had many problems as she came to the end of her life, but was always so patient, and I hold her up as a role model. She lived to nearly 101 years!

Here comes another virtual hug, and God Bless.

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GhoundsReading Rabbits in reply to marigoldb

I tend to withdraw when I'm struggling. I daren't ask God what next! Patience is a blessing, I think it comes as we get older. I'm certainly much more patient than I used to be. Your mother in law sounds as if she had a true gift of grace, something to aspire to! God bless and thanks for your reply.

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SORRELHIPPOReading Rabbits in reply to Ghounds

I tend to have days, when I imagine God sitting on his cloud, with a very large Telephone Directory on his lap, holding a very large pin. He is thinking, who can I annoy next. Not very religious I know, but sometimes it is the only way I can make sense of some of the things that happen.

Ghounds profile image
GhoundsReading Rabbits in reply to SORRELHIPPO

More likely to be the other chap! 😈

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to Ghounds

It wasn't me !!! 😁

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GhoundsReading Rabbits in reply to Bazzak

😂😂😂 I know!!xx

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to Ghounds

♥️xx

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GhoundsReading Rabbits

Hollow laugh. Thought that before and ended up with two different men who were violent. Never again. I do know most men aren't like that but they tend to be married. I'm fine by myself and my cancer means I have to avoid close contact and public places to try to stay clear of flu/colds/ bugs. Not worth the risk.

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CraftypersonReading Rabbits

Awwww so sad, beautiful and true. TFS

Ghounds profile image
GhoundsReading Rabbits

Thank you. It was a shock as I had enough wrong before that, it felt like the final insult.

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GhoundsReading Rabbits

Lovely! Thank you 😊

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footgo

Hello Bazzak

A lovely story, sometimes l feel that belonging to Positive Wellbeing we all have a little Piglet to call on when in need!

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to footgo

I agree entirely xx

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Have-faith

Lovely. A home run. Thanks for sharing.

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BazzakReading Rabbits in reply to Have-faith

♥️x

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