Themselves.................Part the Second

     But, rather than be carried along by circumstances and manipulated by those who can see the weaknesses and behavior tendencies that we ignore, we can work with our own characteristics and be in control of our own lives.  The Way of Self-Reliance starts with recognizing who we are, what we've got to work with, and what works best for us.

       "How would you explain it, Pooh?"
       "With a song," he said.  "A little something
         I just made up."
        "Go ahead."
        "Certainly.......(cough)."

         How can you get very far,
         If you don't know Who You Are?
        How can you do what you ought,
        If you don't know What You've Got?
        And if you don't know Which to Do
       Of all the things in front of you,
       Then what you'll have when you are through
       Is just a mess without a clue
       Of all the best that can come true
       If you know What and Which and Who.

     "That's it," he said, leaning back and closing his eyes.
     "A Masterpiece."
     "Well, better than average, maybe."

-Benjamin Hoff,  The Tao of Pooh