Everybody was Kung Fu fighting….

To escape some of the extreme heat yesterday, I ventured to an air-conditioned movie theater to see Kung Fu Panda. 1 word my friends: amazing. Pandas are adorable and Jack Black as a panda, is even more fabulous.

This DreamWorks animated picture is about a panda who wants to be a kung fu master had a lot of positive messages and here are my top 6 takeaways:

1) You are the secret ingredient and if you believe in yourself, you can do anything.

2) Don’t eat when you are angry; only eat when you are hungry

3) Find your motivator (in this case of the Panda it was almond cookies and dumplings) and use it.

4) Get exercise. Take the stairs, walk to work, lift some weights. You never know when you will be called on to resuce an entire village from a kung fu master.

5) “One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” Whoa.

6) Never Give up.

For the little ones, Kung Fu Panda can be interesting conversation starter about self confidence, trust and food.

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and takepart by adopting a panda and helping this endangered species.