My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun.' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are.
Interpretation
Life should be enjoyable, even during work.
This quote emphasizes the importance of remembering to find joy in everyday activities, even when faced with work-related anxiety. It serves as a reminder that life includes not just responsibilities but also moments of fun and happiness that we should consciously appreciate.
In practice
In a motivational talk about balancing work and personal life.
We're such a funky species. We're so violent, so greedy - this is how we roll. But what are we going to do about it? How do we move forward given who we are? Because situations don't come out of nothing. They come out of certain conditions.
There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.
When I'm working, on sets or stages, my contracts specify in the rider that no plastic bottles be used. When I'm playing with my band, we all use metal and non-plastic containers for drinking to be ecologically sensitive and show others that this is the way to go.
35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.
It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.
You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible - the Zen thing - to let the deal come out of that nothing.
I take pleasure in the little things. Double cheeseburgers, those are good, the sky ten minutes before it rains,the moment your laugh turns into a cackle. And I sit here, and smoke my Camel straights, and I ride my own melt.
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.
Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.
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