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Image source: Trolls, Dreamworks animation  The movie depicts three distinct personalities with different perspectives on happiness-  The positive and Happy colourful Trolls who are happy singing, dancing and hugging all day. The unhappy and miserable Bergens who perceive the only way to be happy was to eat trolls.  The negative and grumpy Branch who is cynical and against being happy.      1. Happiness is not something you seek from outside, it's inside you. The story brings us on the journey of how Poppy, the happy Troll, help Branch and the Bergens find happiness. She believes that happiness is found within all of them and everyone deserve happiness. The Bergens found happiness when they start to seek it internally rather than from externally (eating the Trolls).  Branch found happiness when he started to shift his perspective from a negative to a more positive one.  The mindset of Poppy believing that everyone deserve happiness (even the ...

  Image soures are from the movie: Kungfu Panda by Dreamworks Animation  I recently rewatched one of my favourite animation movie- Kungfu Panda- a 2008 movie by Dreamworks Animation. Besides loving the cheerful and positive personality of the main character Po, and his adorable appearance, Kungfu Panda has taught me important lessons in life on achieving inner peace. Learning to Let Go 1. Let Go of the need for control   On two occasions, Master Oogway has imparted his wisdom of "letting go" to both Master Shifu and Po separately. Master Shifu was worried about the return of villain, Tai Lung and how bad things will become. Po was worried about not being good enough in becoming the dragon warrior and wanted to give up. On both occasions, Master Oogway taught the characters to let go of the need to control how things should be and how things might become.   Indeed, life is filled with uncertainty. It's only when we learn to let go of regretting the past...