For as long as I have known him (Interlochen National Music Camp, 1977), my friend Kevin and I have shared smiles about Winnie The Pooh. Specifically the episode where Pooh brings a pot of honey for Eeyore’s birthday, and eats it on the way. Piglet brings a balloon, and falls on it in the way, such that it is a bit of limp rag when it is delivered.
“Great,” says Eeyore, “an empty pot and something to put in it.”
Last night, Kevin sent the drawing at the top of the post.
It makes me smile, because there is something to be said for joy in the empty things. The things that might not be what you expected.
May you find joy, not disappointment, in the unexpected this Christmas.
