<html><head><title>[Aspaqlaria] Wisdom from Eeyore</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/wp-content/themes/mandigo-14/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /></head><body>Aspaqlaria has posted a new item, '<a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2008/04/wisdom-from-eeyore.shtml">Wisdom from Eeyore</a>'<br />
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<p>The month that starts today, אִייָר or אִיָּר, borrows its name (as do all the months) from those of Babylonia, in commemoration of our exile there — and our redemption from it. In Akkadian, the month name is “Ayyaru”, meaning “blossom” — logical enough for this time of year. But that brings to mind a piece of wisdom from an eponymous character:</p>
<p><img class="alignright" title="Eeyore" src="https://www.msu.edu/user/steinbr1/pooh/images/classic/eeyore22.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="223" /></p>
<blockquote><p>Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 210px;">- <em>Eeyore</em>; A.A. Milne</p>
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<p>It’s a human decision that differentiates weeds from wildflowers.</p>
<p>(For more on the subject of how we choose to perceive the world we encounter, see <a title="Aspaqlaria: Free Will & Environment" href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2005/01/free-will-and-environment.shtml" target="_self">this entry on the relationship between free will and environment</a>.)</p>
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