Mystic Mouse has learned a lot about time, especially past, future and now. He sees the wisdom of not ge ing lost in past memories, and the wisdom of not wasting time in future imaginations. He can use the past to guide him in the now, and he can use the future to plan other nows. Living in the now seems easy after he has practiced how to do it. Mouse has always wanted to have a safe place. He thought it might be a hollow tree or an old box. But he realizes that the really safe place is in his own mind, as long as he is in the now. For several days he has been watching himself go through various emotions. Fear. Desire. Boredom. Excitement. Happiness. He has been using Lion Sage’s tool to keep himself safe and happy, that tool is the mantra, “I’m all right, right now.” It has become his favorite saying in all the world. He wants to thank Lion Sage for this gift of self-suffi ciency, this gift of emotional control and security. And he tells himself he will do that next time they meet.
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