Kung Fu Panda 2

[Po, the panda, (Jack Black) has just suffered a defeat, but in his defeat he has learned something.]

Kids movies can teach us things too!  Why is it that Po is able to throw the cannonballs back at the ship that is firing at him?  It is not some fancy Kung Fu trick, but rather that he is at peace with who he is.  Po took the entire film to be able to come to this realization.  It is not something that is easily done, yet it is important to reach.  We are called to be at peace with who we are.  It is not to mean that we ignore our faults, nor are we to dwell on them over much.  It is this happy balance.  Only through this balance are you able to do miraculous things like Po did by catch and redirecting the cannonballs sent his way.  

Many people I might say it is so hard to stay focused on it though, and right they are.  This is why when Po first does this his hand catches on fire and he scrambles around to put it out.  And then as he learns how to do it at first it is bobbling, and then he can soon direct where it goes more than just away from him.  We learn things in a process.  You are not going to do it amazing the first time you do something.  Give yourself time to learn, and be ok with when you fail a little or a lot.  Get back up and try it again.  Po had his hand catch fire the first time he did this task, but did that prevent him from continuing?  No, Po realized that even when you don't get it perfect the first time, you keep doing it, and eventually it will get where you want it to be.