Do you have a Timon or a Pumbaa in your life?!

Timon & Pumbaa are bestest best freinds from The Lion King series.

Read the little story (history) below...

These "bestest best friends" (as they affectionately refer to eachother) first met before they encountered Simba. Pumbaa was originally banished from his "sounder" (a warthog colony) because of his inablility to control his noticably foul oders.

His former girlfriend, Shalla (leader of the Warthogs), and and the others voted to have Pumbaa permanently exiled. Timon's tale began in an ordinary meerkat colony where it is the responsibitilty of every member to have a job which they take very seriously. It was Timon and his best friend, Fred's job to guard the back gate to the walled city and the castle's entrance (respectively), where they are to warn of danger from approaching predators.

One fateful day, while daydreaming about the Princess Tatiana, Fred awakened Timon and challenged him to let the King's daughter know of his true feelings for her. At first he protested, saying he had a job to perform, but Fred convinced him that the King was gone for the day and Tatiana was all alone. Timon then left his post unguarded to purchase flowers and chocolate covered bugs for his ladylove. Meanwhile, a large cobra slithered in through the back gate and entered the colony.

The cobra terrified the colony and eventually snatched Tatiana and left. Believing her to be dead, the colony voted to have Timon expelled from the group. While wandering though the jungle he stumbled upon the lair of three hyenas (Shenzi, Bonzai, and Ed). He also discovered a tied up Warthog who was to be the hyenas' next meal. After freeing the Warthog named Pumbaa, the two of them defeated the hyenas and then stumbled upon the lair of the Cobra who had still not eaten the Princess Tatiana. Together they defeated the Cobra, freed the princess and returned her to the colony. In gratitude the Meerkat King offered Timon wealth, his daughter's hand in marriage and full reinstatement of his colony membership.

Timon ask for the outcast Pumbaa to be granted full colony membership as well. The king refused and gave Timon the choice between everything hie's ever wanted, or a life outside of the colony with Pumbaa.

Timon chose Pumbaa.

Pumbaa became concerned about Timon's possible future regrets for his rash decision, but Timon told him, "...from this day forward neither one of us are going to worry about anything again!" To which Pumbaa replied, "No worries for the rest of our days!" And they called their ne life philosophy "Hakuna Matata"

Do you have a Timon or a Pumbaa in your life?

Do you have it in you to be a Timon or a Pumbaa to someone else?

Sometimes success is determined by the amount of happiness you can bring into some chosen people's lives.

Happy Happiness!

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