Mouse has learned to awaken his best and strongest qualities. He knows he will have to work and practice, but he is certain that he can achieve all that Lion Sage speaks about. It will just take time. As he looks back on the day, he is grateful for the lion’s trust in him, and that helps him have faith in himself. He is eager to strengthen the qualities of his nature that will help him through life, and to let go of the weaknesses that will hinder his progress. How wonderful, he thinks to himself, to have such rare guidance in life. Mouse thinks about the path ahead and realizes it will not always be easy to live up to Lion Sage’s ideals. He may fail now and then. But that is OK, too, since each failure will make him stronger in the future. Suddenly, he is not afraid of failure. He is confi dent in himself. Confi dent in his growing skills. Confi dent in his ability to learn. Confi dent in his family and friends who are so dear to him. Confi dent, he thinks to himself, in his confi dence!
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