Guides to life

Kung Fu Panda

A panda destined to be a Dragon Warrior, and yet do not have a clue how. Let’s face it, have you seen a panda fight? Even his teacher is clueless how to teach this panda kung fu.

So the movie begins with how each other found faith and belief in each other, and themselves - the panda to believe he can learn kung fu, and the teacher to believe he can teach kung fu - to anyone.

The best quote I liked from this movie is this:

There is no special ingredient

If you’re waiting to learn about one special ingredient so that you’ll progress tremendously in whatever you’re trying to learn, you’ll be disappointed, because there’s no such special ingredient. You can definitely get away with the skills you have, but it will not bring you very far, unless you realise that there is no special ingredient, then your mind opens and everything is acceptable.

This is the mind of the child, the absorbent mind, as discovered by Maria Montessori. And maybe, this should be the mind of the learning adult as well.

p/s: i like kung fu movies, even the really bad ones, and this is not half as bad. Do watch it. It’s hilarious, if you don’t mind it being a cartoon.

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