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