June 10, 2011

  • The Wise

     

    Today I watched Kung Fu Panda 2 and I was really touched by one of the scenes.  There, Po had to re-live his past as he uncovered a hidden scar that he subconsciously suppressed all the years before...the painful memory of his parents being killed and abandoning him so that he could be saved.  When Po finally realized this truth, he was in dismay, but as he started to recollect himself, Soothsayer said the following:

    Your story may not have such a happy beginning but that doesn't make you who you are, it is the rest of your story, who you choose to be. So who are you, Panda? Let go of your past Panda.

    If I was asked by the same question, I wouldn't know how to answer.  What do you mean I get to choose who I am?  Doesn't my past mold me into who I am today? And what do you mean by letting go?  How easy to say and hard to do.  But Po's answer was one by which requires great courage but is full of encouragement.  He tells soothsayer that he is Po, the Dragon Warrior, and then remembers all the happy moments he had with his goose step-dad and kung fu friends.  Shortly afterwards, he was able to achieve inner-peace and defeated Lord Shen. 

    When Lord Shen saw that Po achieved inner-peace, he was shocked and asked Po how, after he has been tortured by such horrible pasts and is left scarred.  And this was what Po said:

    Po: Scars heal.
    Lord Shen:     No, they don't. Wounds heal.
    Po:     Oh, right. What do scars do? Fade?

    I think there's a lesson for me to learn here.  The leap of faith to let go of my past and let the scars heal.  Because scars do fade and wounds do heal. Just stop probing at them.  Please pray for me.
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