Kung Fu Panda and Making Plans

So I was really excited about Kung Fu Panda and it was all right. It was cute and funny and visually fun to watch. However, the story sucked. I mean it’s about a fat dreaming (but good hearted) Panda who is accidently chosen as the Dragonwarrior and overnight transforms into one. The idea that nice guys get their rewards is good, but the idea that opportunity is going to fall into your lap without any effort on your part is frustrating. It’s an idea that so many people in this world buy into. I’m good (most of the time) so I deserve the world handed to me on a silver platter. Case in point, how many dumb people buy lottery tickets? Or how many people say in 5 years I’m going to have 100K job or a 3k ft house or something absurd like that, but lay no plans on how to accomplish that goal? Or how about the people who smoke for 30 years get lung cancer and expect everyone else to fix it, even though they could have prevented it? The fact that the average American household is $7,000 in credit card debt is also case in point, because I deserve everything I want, even if I don’t have the money for it.

Anyway, I’m sure I buy into the idea as well (my husband says I’m oh so spoiled, which I am). But I do know how to make goals and plans to get to those goals. This is something that not everyone knows how to do, so thanks mom and dad. Just another thing you taught me over and over and over again, hoping that it stuck somewhere along the line.