Panda wisdom
CTALK By Cito Beltran
Friday, September 12, 2008
What you trained for all your life is not necessarily your destiny.
This “gem” of a thought came to mind as I watched the animated movie “Kung Fu Panda”. I must confess that I am my daughter’s equal when it comes to being cartoon movie addicts. Perhaps I am a child at heart or a hopeless optimist, but to be sure, today’s “cartoons” and “Disney movies” are loaded with lessons and wisdom for those who seek and not for those who will not see.
Not everyone wins a gold medal at the Olympics. Not everyone wins in an election, and not everybody gets to be the Hero. In fact many of those who aspired and gave everything are found strewn all over a landscape of defeat, struggling to understand why they were not “the Chosen”.