what is small

below is a quote from one of my favorite books the Te of Piglet (my favorite book is the Tao of Pooh). anyways i thought the quote was a worthwhile one to ponder about.

"And now here's a Riddle for Piglet, when he returns: If "good" is not necessarily good, and "bad" not necessarily bad, what is "small"?"

i guess i better first start off with explaining a little bit about the book (but don't quote me on anything 'cause i'm really simplifying it and i'm most likely combining the 2 books without really knowing it). in the book the author, Bemjamin Hoff, is trying to explain the chinese term Te, and what it all entails. part of it (and Taoism) is that things are they way they are, and that a person should not try to change how things are because it would work against nature. this also works with people and how they really want to be different and are really self-conscious about themselves because they worry/believe that they are not "big" enough to do things. however the book continues to say that although a person may not be able to do things that others can, the person is able to do a lot of other things that the "bigger" people are unable to do. in short, the book (at least to me) tells you not to worry about the things that you're unable to do because of your size/abilities, but to look at all the things you can do well because those are the things that will make you great. that really didn't have all that much to do with the quote, but if you'd like to know more about the books i would say to read the books because they are really awesome (in the self reflection aspect).