12.17.2007
I would like to wish everyone the Healthiest and Happiest of Holidays... Merry Christmakawanika... I hope I covered everyone with that DDP holiday word... If you know me you know that this time of the year that is without question my favorite time of the year for many reasons... The most important reason is just because people are just nicer to people this time of year which is always a good thing... we tend to give more ... care more ... do more... but it's funny because no matter how good we all have it or how good we feel about ourselves we all tend to take things for granted ... we take for granted the simplest things like going to the bathroom by ourselves... tying our own shoes and even breathing... breathing right... we do it every day and we totally take it for granted ... we never think about how important it really is until we run out of air... and then... well it seems pretty damn important doesn't it... the quickest way you can appreciate where you are no matter what our state of affairs are is to live life with Attitude of Gratitude... or something I call Living Life @ 90%... I'm speaking from personal experience because I was just reminded just how good I really have it when I went to see my buddy Lex Luger aka Larry Pfohl this week...
When
I started my journey through the wacky wonderful world of professional
wrestling... starting from the bottom making no money there were
many guys I looked up to for many reasons... Dusty Rhodes "The
American Dream", Jake "The Snake" Roberts,
and Jesse "The Body" Ventura just to name a few...
I also looked up to a guy named Lex Luger... From what I observed
Lex was really the Total Package but he wasn't just a jock with the
perfect body he was also highly intelligent and was the complete
business man who just happened to wrestle for a living... wrestling
and his body was a business to him... He went from playing Pro football
making great deal of money right into Pro-wrestling and was an instant
star making HUGE money his entire career... he didn't just make money
and spend it... he made money and invested it ... he owned land and
built business's... he lived in a 2 million dollar home on a golf
course with his beautiful family ... he was a truly a star who had
it all...
And then came the fall of the Roman Empire... Lex Luger the man who had everything came crashing down... today Lex has no home ... no cars... no land no money... no perfect body... today Lex is paralyzed and resides at spinal rehab center ... I'm not going to get into what brought Lex crashing down because that is not my story to tell... it's his... The reason I bring all this up at this time is because I just went to visit Lex and I have to tell he is a still a Warrior... Lex reminded me that we all must live life with an Attitude of Gratitude... not by preaching to me but by living it ... Lex leads by example... he is one of the most positive people on this planet right now and he blames no one for what has happened to him... he knows much of what has happened has to do with the decisions that he has made through out his life... Lex is at peace with himself and I'm not talking about that crazy at peace... I'm talking real at peace ... with himself and with God... He's living with the mindset that everything happens for a reason and this for the moment this is his chosen path... He leads by example...
I
too believe that everything happens for a reason and we get to choose
weather it's going to be a good reason or a bad reason... about 6
weeks ago I was booked on wrestling show in San Francisco... the
show was a poorly promoted bust and most of the boys never got paid...
the only positive thing that happen as a result of me being booked
at that show was that I was there when Lex needed me... I heard he
was in trouble and I ran down to his room... at the time I had no
idea what was happening to Lex ... I thought it might have been a
mild stroke like what Kevin Nash had... Lex had no idea what was
happening to him and the paramedics had no idea either. But
they did know they needed to get him to the hospital... NOW... so
I helped my buddy helped my onto the gurney and off he went... that
was the first time I had seen Lex in years... the doctors ran 100's
of test on Lex and couldn't find anything... weeks later they still
have no idea why Lex is paralyzed... the positive side is Lex is
regaining movement back in his body and he hopes and prays that someday
he will walk again and I believe if there is anyone out there that
can do it ... it is Lex... I am writing this in my email this week
because I was truly moved emotionally by Lex and I get so many questions
all the time about Lex on my myspace and at my website a and I wanted
to give you all an update but I also wanted you to give you all a
chance to send Lex a Get Well card or a Christmas card and let him
know you are in your thoughts and prayers... if you would like to
send Lex a card please send it to:
Lex Luger
c/o Aaron Chiropractic Center
2000 Powers Ferry Road, Suite I - 10
Marietta GA 30067
Speaking of gratitude, I can’t think of anyone I am more grateful to than our troops. I have been fortunate enough to go to Iraq twice and now I am going to visit our troop in Afgahnastan. I will be there from Jan 19th through the 28th with Greg Valentine, Jimmy Hart, and Nikolai Volkoff. While there I will be speaking to the troops about my inspirational concept of Living Life at 90% and taking each base through the YRG Workout. So if you know anyone over there, let them know we are coming.
Speaking of YRG, we have revamped our site and it is really kicks ass…it will be way more user friendly and interactive. Many team members of YRG love the fact that they can interact, share their achievements and motivate others to reach their goals. Just like My Space they are going to be able to share their own blogs for everyone to read. And yes, the Holiday specials are still rolling and the Own Your Life audio book is still free with purchase at www.YRGworkout.com ... We hope to have the new site in the next week or so ... I'll send you out post when it happens...
There
are hundreds of new YRG success stories and I want to congratulate
a few of them. Andrew from Scotland, who contacted
me through My Space, started YRG at 348 pounds
and 60 days later he is at 298…in case you
didn’t do the math... that’s a weight loss 50
pounds in 60 days...
Incredible!
The next guy is Jimbo the Fireman has lost about 30 pounds. I asked him one time what his goals are and why he wanted a make a change in his life. "I gotta keep up with the kids." he said... Jimbo was a 35 year old rookie like me who is now 37....He is now not only keeping up the younger guys but leading them... Nothing I love more than leading by example... Rule number one on Jim's Tour is "Jim'll do it." In talking to my fellow Jersey bro we have agreed that there are two kinds of people in the world. "Those that watch things happen and there are those that Make things happen. YRG is for those that are or want to be the latter. For my money Fireman are Bad ass SOBs...
Speaking
ofBad Asses…I was at the MMA Convention in Anaheim last week.
I got to see Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Kendal
Grove, the Insane One, the smokin Hott Gina
Carano…and that wild bunch from TAPOUT Punkass, Scrape and Mask (who
gave me some sweet TAPOUT gear! Tito also gave me some sweet Punishment
t-shirts as well). If you were with me you would thought
it was 1998 from the reaction I got from the fans at the event. I
thought there was a big crossover from Horror movies to wrestling…it
is even bigger for wrestling to MMA. I was a walking Mickey
Mouse with tattoos taking pictures and kissing babies all the whole
time I was there... Ok they weren't actually babies ...they were
smoking hot babes... these MMA have some serious hot babes running
around their venue ... I got such a great reaction that the
promoter, Dave from No Limits,
talked to me about bringing my Inspirational message of Living Life
at 90% and the YRG Workout to the MMA world. The original reason
I developed YRG was for strength and conditioning so it totally makes
sense. Think about it, these guys literally beat the hell out
of themselves during practice everyday. They need a NO Impact
workout that is high cardio, builds core strength and increases flexibility
which is exactly what YRG is all about... I'll keep you posted.
In
closing I would like to say Goodbye to Ike Turner…you
love him, you hate him but you will never forget him... I have
known Ike for years... he's was truly one of kind... there are few
pictures of him on my site from my 51st birthday party... You know
I got him doing the Diamond Cutter sign...
As usual it has been your pleasure... As well as mine...
Get Healthy... Stay Strong... Be Unstoppable and Do your YRG or else!
D. Dallas Page
