Last night I went and saw Kung Fu Panda 3 and was pleasantly surprised. Usually third movies in a series are either hit or miss. However, the creators at Dreamworks left me pondering one line from Mr. Ping.

In the movie Po's father comes back and does some things that Po doesn't understand. Mr. Ping, Po's adopted father, tries to comfort Po's dad by saying, "Sometimes we do the wrong thing for the right reason."

After pondering this one line, I realized Mr. Ping is right and the world would be better off thinking that way.

We are often too quick to judge people by one action or another. We see them doing one thing we disagree with and without looking at the situation we assume, based on our own perspective and beliefs, that they are wrong.

What if we took a step back and assumed that people are trying to do good things. Your roommate might make a mess in the kitchen, which is bad and annoying and frustrating, but she makes a batch of cookies for you and your roommates and for some people in the apartment complex who had a bad week. Instead of getting angry at the mess, wouldn't we be better off noticed all the good behind the mess? Wouldn't we be happier looking at our roommate with love rather than discontent?

I am at fault as much as the next person, which is why Mr. Ping's condolences to Po's father made me stop and think. When I tell a white lie, it is usually to protect someone's feelings and I don't regret that. Sometimes I put aside homework or other important things in order to spend time with someone who needs me. On the outside, I might appear to be doing the wrong thing, but in my heart I'm just trying my best. I think we are all just trying to do our best.

Let's remember humans aren't perfect and in the journey of trying to do good we will mess up. We don't have a solution to every problem and so sometimes we will do something wrong to get the right result.