Tigerlilly - Lobsang Rampa

‘passed this way’ more than once and if perchance Adrienne
happened to think she could have been dreaming and that she
had never made such a trip, she would take out her wallet and,
looking at those photographic prints she carried around, she
could verify the fact that she had indeed been to London.
Of course it would be impossible to keep in touch with all
the souls we meet on life's highway for, after all, the main
thing we have to do is to go forward, and not live in the past,
so that we may progress further along the pathway, attaining
as often as possible a further step along the ladder of success.
One often comes across a person who is living quite happily
without any thought of progress, just living in a rut one might
say. While this may be allowed to a few people, the majority
must carve their way along their chosen path in an effort to
attain the goal they set for themselves. Unfortunately many of
us lack the extra effort and just sit down by the wayside, even
with our goal in sight, while if we are not careful we might
find time is running out and unless we realize it quickly we
could leave it too late, which would be a sad state of affairs
indeed if we had to return to earth to complete a task we had
been too careless, or too preoccupied, to finish the first time.
How many are the times I have been told to ‘not look back’
but go forward with a definite aim in mind. There is the
thought of Lot's wife in the Bible—she took a look behind her
while the city was burning, and didn't she turn into a pillar of
salt! A thought worth remembering—to go forward, meet
fresh people, and to never lose sight of our goal.
So, after that diversion we return to England and Wey-
bridge, where every day was lived in very much the same way,
which meant there was very little exciting happening.
It was not until Mr. T. Catt, the Tiger, was around four
years of age that he was allowed to wander around unchaper-
oned. Carl and I talked it over and decided he should be all
right in our neighborhood so long as he did not try to cross
the road, and we hoped he would not do so. At first we were
somewhat apprehensive, especially when someone from the
office would tell us they had seen a Silver Tabby cat crossing
the road, and entering a neighbor’s grounds.
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