I love watching a good movie. There are times that annoy/amuse my friends and family because I am watching one of my favorite movies.... again.
There was a stretch in college where I watched a movie called Warrior 2-3 times a month for a couple months. My roommate would walk in the room and see me on my laptop and just chuckle, “Warrior again?”
“Yeah,” I would reply with a big grin.
Warrior was on my playback list at that time in my life because I identified with one of the characters - he was doing everything he could to keep his home.
While I was in college, I spread myself too thin and was trying to go to school full time while giving my renter a break on his rent.
It was a tough decision because my renter was working through chemotherapy and recovering from cancer. He was not always able to pay bills on time and I allowed him to go 2 months late multiple times.
Eventually, I cut the cord and said no more - he was not happy about that. Since we had a rent-to-own agreement, he had skin in the game. The legal battle he threatened was cause for concern for me and I found inspiration wherever I could.
Thankfully, things worked out and I didn’t need to go to court to keep my house.
I still watch the Warrior movie off and on to encourage me in other parts of my life.
There are habits and principles the characters live by in the movie that remind me of what I want my family life to look like, and what I don’t want it to look like.
Like all the movies on my favorites list, Warrior is a movie that speaks the truth, however hard that truth may be.