Tigger

Sp sometime in college I picked up my nickname of "tigger." At one point in high school as a group of us walked down a hallway I barked loudly. As we came around the corner we passed by the principal's officce and there he was standing. It was our principal and he called me over; after all this was a serious catholic high school.

He said, "Mr. Lyman, somehow I have a sense that you had something to do with the animal noises I just heard earlier. In fact, I get a sense you are involved with many things like that. I'm watching you Mr. Lyman; I'm watching you."

So by college I had more spreading my tigger wings. People said I had the energy of "The Tigger Song". I was the tigger that the rabbit in the Pooh stories would hide from and that was Roo's friend. I was the one who bounced off of Eyore and his approach to life.

College was an eye opener for me. It was a place that I could be the fully authentic me and people still though I was OK. This was much different than the feedback I got from my father. I hadn't realized that I would get compliments just in being me!

A class I took was designed for campus leaders. The qualifying was to be an officer in two campus organizations along with high grades. We were mentored by some of the best teachers on campus. One day we talked about leadership qualitiies and the ability to lead people without having all the information. We had the class part of the assignment and then with one hour left we were told to bring someone back to the class without telling them why. It was my kind of assignment. People brought friends; people brought their pets; and people brought their roommates. I brought the Dean of Students and it was cool.

I already realized that we have the ability to ask anything because without asking there is no possibility of success. That philosophy has been followed up through the years with so many tenets that prove that.

I believe as a 'tigger' that the universe is here to take care of my spiritual direction. It may not always be the universe giving me what I asked for but in the end I always am on the path and in all cases the next step answers the prayers I have put out.

I keep pointing out that God is in everything so we need to stop trying to understand all that's going on/ We don't have that ability. So as I've said before my default setting is optimism and the grand adventure we are on. I believe that if there is internal doubt and internal negative it is not Divinely based, but are driven by ego.

So I get excited that we have unwritten contracts with everyone every day. Example are red and green traffic lights. It is an agreement with others in the world.

It just points out what a grand and great adventure we are on. The quest is before us; we just have to be who we are. What an opportunity we have as long as we keep moving. Thank you God!