I find too often in the wrestling business, you just wrestle, get to the hotel, make your money. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself to enjoy my life and not just rush through.
Interpretation
Life is about enjoying moments, not just focusing on work and earnings.
Owen Hart reflects on the hustle and routine of a wrestling career, emphasizing the importance of pausing to appreciate life rather than merely going through the motions for financial gain. He acknowledges the tendency to become so engrossed in work that one may overlook the joyful experiences that life has to offer.
In practice
In a motivational speech to emphasize the importance of work-life balance.
What about a man who sits down to wonder Why life has cheated him? Thinks about his situation Hangs his head and cries Will we pretend, his problems don't exist? He's reaching out for help-will we selfishly resist? What about your brother? He's crying What about your brother? He's dying What about your brother?
A life without problems or limitations or challenges--life without "opposition in all things," as Lehi phrased it (2 Nephi 2:11)--would paradoxically but in very fact be less rewarding and less ennobling than one which confronts--even frequently confronts--difficulty and disappointment and sorrow.
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
The object of living is work, experience, happiness.
Something settiled inside me, something heavy and hard. It stayed there, and i could not think of one thing to make it go away. I thought, So this must be living, this must be the beginning of the time people later refer to as 'years ago, when I was young'.
The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
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