Asian hint

I saw Kung Fu Panda 2 a coupla days ago.  I saw The Hangover 2 the day before that.  Seems there is not only a "2" theme going on but also a theme that takes me to Asia. And with all these Buddhist concepts going around in my brain, and having watched my kids do karate and thinking perhaps I might like to do karate as well, and having had Udon for lunch and seeing some dude standing at a street corner listening to music on an electronic device of some kind and dancing REALLY badly- I think there might be a divine message there.  Dance like nobody is watching..wasn't that Mark Twain?  What does Asia have to do with that? Nothing. Just thought I'd throw it in there.

I keep thinking about a passage I read about in Syvia Boorstein's book. She talks about a someone she knew who was very calm in the hospital and when asked how she could be so calm her reply was basically, "Why get upset? Who is that going to help?" Whenever Sam has had to go into surgery he has always had a serenity about him. He will wave and smile, he will joke with the nurses. There isn't much he can do at that moment so he just accepts it and doesn't worry anyone. I could add something from Kung Fu Panda but I doubt ANYONE would be able to take me seriously if I did. But in a nutshell, even in the face of pain one can find inner peace and with inner peace one is stronger.
So am I to start drowning myself in Calgon?