I Loved Winnie The Pooh

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Ever since I was little, I loved Winnie the Pooh. Though I adored all the residents of the 100 Acre Wood, I especially related to one character and from the smile on my face and my uncontrollable bouncing, you’d guess that I was Tigger or Piglet for my warm heart...and small stature- but you’d be wrong. My favorite character was Eeyore. I felt like we had a soul-to-soul connection, I too was the occasional Debbie Downer of the group, and had my own rain cloud that followed me around. We were completely alike - except for that tail. I have been called Eeyore by men, women, children, and domestic animals alike for my drooping eyes, pessimistic attitude, and self-thrown pity parties: where there is no cake, no balloons, only despair. And as much as we may hate to admit it - we are all a company of Eeyores - and we’re guilty of perpetuating negative attitudes and dramatizing in one way or another. So, I guess I am happy to be here today at our Mental Health awareness week assembly. Because our moping is more than just an attitude - our exaggerated apathy has become a part of our identities that we just can’t escape. Of course, some people do suffer some real clinical depression and that’s different, but for the rest of us, we need to learn how to get rid of this melodrama and start enjoying our lives like we were meant to. So, today we’re going to find out how to overcome our tendency to catastrophize, then we’ll look at how we tend to ignore the positives in our lives, and finally we’ll devise a plan of action so that we can easily manage our Eeyore syndrome. But before we can find out how to solve our misery, we must look at how we catastrophize. According to psychologist Chuck Falcon, those of us who engage in chronic negative tho... ... middle of paper ... ...le it may seem strange to focus on being happy for those of us who actually enjoy the dark and morose, we must allow ourselves to enjoy what life has to offer and just be happy. I know that this is not going to be something we can change overnight but in the end, adjusting our perspective will not only help us get through high school, but the rest of our rain cloud lives. We need to experience all that life has to offer us - the full spectrum of human emotions - downs, and ups! And don’t worry we can still be Eeyores, but we can also take good qualities from all the characters we love - we can be wise like Owl, kindhearted like Piglet and caring like Kanga. Just don’t be Tigger - well at least not all the time. And fellow students, please know that after Mental Health Awareness week ends, our rainclouds will not disappear. But we can all learn to enjoy the sunshine.

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