I haven’t seen Kung Fu Panda 2 yet. I really want to, and from trusted sources have heard that it’s at least as good as the first. But any time I get news that could go either way depending on how I take it, I’m immediately taken back to the scene in the first Kung Fu Panda where Oogway is speaking with Shifu about learning Tai Lung (the bad guy) has escaped from prison where he offers some wisdom on our response to bad news. He says,
“There is just news, there is no good or bad.”
I suppose it’s true and it isn’t, but it all depends on how we choose to look at it. Sometimes news can be motivating, good or bad. Sometimes it can be depressing, good or bad. SOMETIMES news causes us to doubt or question or struggle with who we are even if we were sure of all those things BEFORE we got the news.
What’s the point of news? Anymore nowadays when we think about the word we immediately conjure up images of “The News.” Meaning, “the media.” In reality these two things are very different. Personal news that influences us and news that is told only to spread gossip and make a buck contrast heavily. I’ll close this random thought on saying just as important as the news we spread or choose to spread, is probably how we choose to respond to different news we are delivered.
Posted on June 8, 2011
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