專四晨讀美文：Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda
Master: So why are you upset?
Po: Ahhh... I probably sucked more today than anyone
in the history of kungfu, in the history of China,
in the history of sucking!
Master: Probably.
Po: And the five! Man, you should've seen'em,
they totally hate me.
Master: Totally.
Po: How's Shifu ever gonna turn me into the dragon warrior?
Ahh... I mean I am not like the five.
I've got no claws, no wings, no venom,
even mantis has those... fists,
maybe I should just quit and go back to making noodles.
Master: Quit, don't quit; noodles, don't noodles.
You are too concerned with what was and what will be.
There is a saying, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery,
but today is a gift, that is why it is called present."
Shifu: Master, your vision, your vision was right!
Tai Lung has broken out of prison! He's on his way.
Master: That is bad news,
if you do not believe that the dragon warrior can stop him.
Shifu: The panda? Master, that panda is not the Dragon Warrior.
He wasn't even meant to be here. It was an accident!
Master: There are no accidents.
Shifu: Hrr… yes I know, you've said that already, twice.
Master: Well, that was no accident either.
Shifu: Thrice.
Master: My old friend,
the panda will never fulfill his destiny nor you yours,
until you let go of the illusion of control.
Shifu: Illusion?
Master: Yes, look at this tree, Shifu,
I can not make it blossom when it suits me,
nor make it bear fruit before its time.
Shifu: But there are things we can control-
I can control when the fruit will fall,
and I can control where to plant the seed...
Haiya, that is no illusion, Master.
Master: Ahh yes… but no matter what you do,
that seed will grow to be a peach tree.
You may wish for an apple or an orange,
but you will get a peach.
Shifu: But a peach can not defeat Tailung.
Master: Maybe it can if you are willing to guide it,
to nurture it, to believe in it.