A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh and all his friends, was born 133 years ago today. In honor of what I consider to be his great achievement, the first tribute thereto relates to one of my favorite Pooh companions — Tigger …

I loved Tigger because he was silly and I loved Tigger because he was carefree and I loved Tigger because he was “fun fun fun fun fun” … AND YET what I love most about Tigger these days is his naivete; the fact that he so wanted to be selfless and yet so rarely was — the fact that he really did believe that he was “the only one”, and thereby completely missed the fact that he was actually an interconnected facet of the entire Winnie the Pooh gang — the fact that, just like so many of us, his self-centered drive to be loved often kept him not only from being Kind to others, but also from appreciating the Love he was already being given.

Filed under: Wisdoms from the Journey by Scaughdt