For our first fictional Warrior of the Week, we have the great Baloo from the classic kids story The Jungle Book. Baloo was a great character who taught a young lost boy how to grow and survive in the jungle. Baloo was a protector, but also a fun loving bear. He helped Mowgli learn to enjoy life just a little more with his classic song, “The Bare Necessities.” This song shows what a great character and good role model Baloo truly is and gives you an insight into enjoying life for yourself. Many people “act like that bee acts” and work too hard in life forgetting to enjoy the priceless things that life has to offer. “Forget about your worry and your strife,” is a reminder that worry doesn’t make anything better or worse other than creating unnecessary suffering in yourself. Let the tough situations of life go and remember that you’ve always gotten through it before.

Baloo even teaches about how life is going to be throughout a good life when he sings “And you prick a raw paw, Well next time beware, Don’t pick the prickly pear by the paw, When you pick a pear, Try to use the claw.” This line is about learning and adapting to life’s challenges. When something doesn’t go your way the first time, it may sting, but the purpose of life is to get back up and continue fighting. Failure is not something to be ashamed of, but rather something to learn from and adapt to become better throughout life and finally succeed. Life is a journey of ups and downs, but nothing has taken you out thus far, so why can’t you push through this situation?

No matter what happens throughout life remember “the bare necessities of life will come to you.” What is will be no matter your thoughts, worries, strife, or any other emotion you may feel. Life is a test of mental and physical toughness, so get up, dust yourself off, and let the bare necessities help you rest at ease. Baloo, we thank you for your childhood lessons to make us warriors better people.

See you Bad Asses next week,

Love,

Your friendly neighborhood Gare Bear