THE KUNFU PANDA!

Have you seen a panda recently? Do you still remember how robust a panda can be?.I never knew that a panda can be so athletic that it can even fight kunfu!. The movie"The Kunfu Panda" threw more lights on how what we mostly consider as impossibilities can be made possible.These are the SIX lessons I learned from the KUNFU PANDA. Enjoy!

1.We always Have a Resource:

In the words of Seun Salami he noted "God can never leave us without a resource and raw materials to start our lives with" Who ever you are, No matter how poor you think you are, you have something to start your life with. Your hands are gifted only if you could realize it and harness it. 'It is not what we don't have that makes us frustrated, it is what we have but do not know how to use. Many people continue to go in circles without looking deep inside their selves to exploit the goldmine within. At creation, God passed air into our nostrils and we became living beings. That air was not just air, it was air of talents, creativity, ideas we need to prosper and succeed in life.
A popular gospel singer,once said"God send us into this earth to exhale what He has inhaled in us" Po, the panda never knew he had the potentials to move his body let alone to fight kunfu, which was the greatest fight in his time. The battle of kunfu as shown in the movie was for tough fighters but he never knew he had the potential to become one. Perhaps because of his size.In the long run, he found what He had inside and let it out. It is not what's outside of us that makes us great but what is inside of us.

2.Everything Begins with A Dream/Vision

Dream big dreams-Brian Tracy

Po suffers the pains from training.

Po, the panda had been having dreams and vision of becoming a super kunfu fighter. He had this particular dream where he saw himself dressed life a hero and fought with some bad guys that had been causing nuisance in the hood. He did not just fought, he defeated them single handedly. He often place a plaque in his room, of the people he wanted to be like. Every morning, when he gets up from bed, he would dash straight to this plaque, meditate a bit and demonstrate some kunfu styles he never knew of. It was quite funny, but his dream kept him going.

 Success begins with a dream. So what are your dreams? If you have never dreamt of what or who you want to be like, you had better start today, because success begins with a dream.

3.We should learn to stand on the shoulders of Giant.

Despite the dreams, vision and deep desire in the heart of Po the Panda, he could not achieve them alone. No wonder, he agreed to go through the tough and fiercy training his master,Shiffu lead him threw. At a point in his life, he began to doubt himself, he could no longer bear the pains, the hard training that he wanted to quit. But as his master threw the lid off his eyes, he understood vividly that he had to follow the path of the masters. He endured and he won.
  We have head of Isaac Newton quote corcerning this "If I had seen farther than other, it is because I stood on thr shoulders of Giants" In every field you have decided to make a mark, seeek for people who have made marks already. Learn to have experienced people guide you on your road to success. By so doing you multiply your succcess speed.

4.Don't sell noodles, stretch out your Desire

Po's  foster father sells noodles, he never had any dream for his son than for him to sell noodles with him at a small restaurant in the outskirts of the village. Po's desire never to sell noodles with His foster father. His deep-seated desire was to become a DRAGON WARRIOR.But Po did not just dream, he stretched his dreams by leaving his comfort zone. He never loved to miss the fight at the market square, each year. The more you stecht your dreams  the more nucleus your dreams forms in your heart. It was at the time Po was struggling to enter through the gate after he had been shut outside that he meet with his DESTINY!   

 Po, a boy of humility found it hard to disclose his own dream to his foster father, probably because, his father would be angry with him for not buying the idea of selling noodles at the store. Po hid his dream never relenteded until he succeeded and became the next hero in the entire town. You must display a strong desire to leave you comfort zone, otherwise you will never get out of it. So what is it you want to achieve, have a strong desire and pursue it. It was desire that made po the hero he was.

5. Never Demean Yourself.

I was personally moved by this particular lesson. I had been held back for donkey's years because I  have never picture myself a true success. I always saw my self as inferior to others. I down graded my self and my self worth was in a big mess. My life changed the day I watch this movie. Po was chosen as the next kunfu warrior by the old tortoise, a man filled with wisdom. Imagine this: some group of people called you, and said you are going to be the next president of your country when you have never resume the office of a senator. Everyone taught it was a mistake because Po had no experience at all as a kunfu fighter, let alone being a the next hero of  the entire community, that is going to face a fierce invader. He never believed it. But what happened, that experience brought out the potential hero in him, that experience forced him out of his comfort Zone.

 So never feel inferior to take up some challenges or of setting big and challenging goals for your self. You have the potential to do just anything you set you mind to do.

6.Stand on the Shoulders of Giants:

  

Sir Isaac Newton once said 'If I had seen farther, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants' In the story 'The kunfu Panda' You will agree with me that in spite of the fact that Po had the potentials of becoming a Dragon Warrior, he would not have been able to become that if not for the mentoring, training and motivation he got from his Master Shiffu. Everyone needs someone to motivate you to greatness. 

Anyone who had become great was mentored or encourage by someone else. When you are emotionally down, when you begin to feel that your dreams can not come true, when you are feel like giving up you need someone to keep you motivated and encouraged. In whatever field or endeavour you find yourselve look out for people who have already achieve what you are yearning to achieve and make them your metors.

You could meet them physicall, listsen to their tapes or even read their books.

Finally, there is a mentor above all mentors and that person is God. He will crown all your efforts with success.