The Wisdom in Kung Fu Panda
I actually have found comfort in my personal life from thinking about that little passage where the panda frets, &quot;Maybe I should just quit and go back to making noodles&quot;, and the guru responds, &quot;Quit, don&#x27;t quit. Noodles, don&#x27;t noodles. You are too concerned about what was and what will be.&quot;<p>Sometimes you just need to stop thinking so much and get through the day.<p>There is a similar point from Marcus Aurelius where he says (in this old timey translation): &quot;Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them... having with thee the same reason which now thou usest.&quot;<p>PS. Another example of unexpectedly good writing is when the student-turned-bad-guy bitterly says, &quot;What I ever did, I did to make you proud! Tell me how proud you are, Shifu&quot;, and then after a pause Shifu replies with genuine agreement: &quot;I have always been proud of you... And it was my pride that blinded me... too much to see what you were becoming.&quot;