Okay, it’s time to be silly again, so I give you a Holy-Foo-Foo-Bunny-Saint Icon to contemplate and fifteen of The Divine Foo-Foo’s most popular Precepts to put into practice. They will change your life. Really.
Always speak softly and carry a huge, fully-charged magickal carrot...
And now, here are…
The Fab Fifteen Foo-Foo Bunny Wisdom-Carrot Precepts of Eternal Inner Fluffiness
1. Cosmic Foo-Foo Bunny is neither vengeful, nor jealous, nor a tyrannical and violent hot-head, so She is thus completely worthy of thy emulation and respect.
2. Carrot Cake is Her most precious Sacrament, and is always suitable for thy breakfast.
3. Be thou shameless, yet gracious, in all things.
4. Never put anything on thy feet that will cripple them.
5. Never contemplate karmic debt when thou art administering a swift knee to the groin.
6. Always be thou kind to flowers, especially the imaginary ones.
7. If thou shouldst suddenly find within thyself the wanting of a cookie, then go thou forth immediately and eateth of one.
8. Never give space in thy most serene and goodly Heart to anyone or anything that intends it malicious harm.
9. Do not let thyself be tricked into coveting trash.
10. Honor thy face with a Sacred Smile at least 5 times a day.
11. Honor thy Intuition always.
12. It is without doubt perfectly permissible for thee to occasionally scare the ever-loving crap out of small and unruly children.
13. Always trust thy Totem, as well as any candy-grams It may send thee.
14. Honor Precious Fluffiness wherever thou dost find it, but most especially when It is within thee.
15. When in doubt, or when pressed for haste in thy decisions, slowly partaketh thee of a marshmallow, and by thy art contrive to make the chewing of it passing slow. It will give thee time to think of a smart and witty retort.
[Scribe’s Note: I feel constrained to add that the marshmallow of Precept #15 can be a mental marshmallow, if no actual physical marshmallow is to hand. Also feel free to play fast and loose with all of the Precepts– for example, the only one that’s written in stone for me is Precept #2… yum, yum…]
To conclude, no disrespect is intended towards Ms. Emma Thompson and her wonderful creation, Nanny McPhee. They are both fine examples of consideration, creativity and cleverness, and are paragons of Inner Fluffiness besides. In a 2005 interview with Kate Kellaway of The Observer, Ms. Thompson was asked about how the two nannies– Mary Poppins and Nanny McPhee– would have gotten on. Ms. Thompson replied that she thought Poppins might have been sniffy: ‘She’d likely be defensive because Nanny McPhee is almost a Buddhist: still, unegotistical. She would never describe herself as “practically perfect in every way”.’ A nice assessment and sentiment, I think…
Thorn Harefoot 