In one of my favorite scenes from Kung Fu Panda Po has failed in his condensed training program and is stuffing his face while all the capable warriors head out to stop the unbeatable foe. Master Shifu tells Po not to eat Monkey's cookies hidden on the top shelf. Two seconds later, Shifu finds Po holding himself to the ceiling in perfect splits on opposing cabinets. Shifu asks Po how he could possible do in the kitchen what he could not do in training. Po says, "I was just getting a cookie."
I am continually impressed, amazed, inspired (read-intimidated) by what everyone I know is able to accomplish. Whenever I do something it feels like no big deal because it was just me and I was just doing this one thing and it wasn't as glamorous as it sounds, etc. I'm just getting a cookie. Maybe next time I get my visiting teaching done or hit all of the day's subjects in school or feed my family another meal or get to sleep before 2 a.m. I will remember that there is no secret ingredient. I am the Dragon Warrior.
P.S. The Dragon Warrior loves cookies.
P.P.S. More of the Dragon Warrior's favorite lines from Kung Fu Panda:
There is no charge for awesomeness.
'Sorry' doesn't make the noodles.
2 comments:
You are the dragon warrior! You've even got fiery hair! That's my favorite line: "There is no charge for awesomeness." You are awesome. Now, go get a cookie.
we LOVE LOVE LOVE kung fu panda at our house - i seriously can't even tell you. i personally think that the whole "no secret ingredient" lesson taught in this movie has to be my favorite movie message of all time.
of course, it helps that we love jack black around this house, i think it's kind of a teenager thing?
we love the lines...
there is no charge for awesomeness.
i'm THE big fat panda!
legends tell of a legendary warrior, who was the stuff of legends.
who am i to judge a warrior by his size?
oh! my tenders! (the boys love this one)
...just to name a few.
GREAT POST! and you are the dragon warrior!
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