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May 22, 2016
pt of the day
In truth,
the only difference between those who have failed
and those who have succeeded
lies in the difference of their habits.
Good habits are the key to all success.
Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.
Thus, the first law I will obey,
which precedes all others, is--
"I will form good habits and become their slaves."
First we form habits,
then they form us.
Conquer your bad habits
or they will conquer you.
May 23, 2016
pt of the day
We grow great by dreams.
All big men are dreamers.
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day
or in the red fire of a long winter's evening.
Some of us let these dreams die,
but others nourish and protect them;
nurse them through bad days
till they bring them to the sunshine
and light which comes always to those who
hope that their dreams will come true.
May 24, 2016
pt of the day
Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
Destiny is not a matter of chance,
it is a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for;
it is a thing to be achieved.
May 25, 2016
pt of the day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where
individual differences are appreciated,
mistakes are tolerated,
communication is open,
and rules are flexible
the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
“No family is perfect…
we argue, we fight.
We even stop talking to each other at times.
But in the end, family is family…
The love will always be there.”
May 26, 2016
pt of the day
“You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,
so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“It is not enough that we do our best;
sometimes we must do what is required.”
May 27, 2016
pt of the day
The galleries are full of critics.
They play no ball, they fight no fights.
They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing.
Down in the arena are the doers.
They make mistakes because they try many things.
The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure.
He is the one who never tries anything.
His is the brake on the wheel of progress.
And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes,
because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing,
does nothing,
except criticize those who do things.
May 28, 2016
pt of the day
“You’ll learn, as you get older,
that rules are made to be broken.
Be bold enough to live life on your terms,
and never, ever apologize for it.
Go against the grain,
refuse to conform,
take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path.
Laugh in the face of adversity,
and leap before you look.
Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching.
March to the beat of your own drummer.
And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
May 29, 2016
pt of the day
There is a quality of life out there on that edge
that tugs at our souls
and calls from us a better quality of person.
Devote today to something so daring
even you can't believe you're doing it.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven.
He who never risks
and never fails
is a failure in his whole being.
May 30, 2016
pt of the day
Do not wait;
the time will never be "just right."
Start where you stand,
and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,
and better tools will be found as you go along.
Commitment leads to action.
Action brings your dream closer.
Everyday do something
that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
May 31, 2016
pt of the day
You can accept reality,
or you can persist in your purpose until reality accepts you.
When you walk in purpose,
you collide with destiny.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
June 1, 2016
pt of the day
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of
trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.
JUNE 2, 2016
pt of the day
It takes a little courage,
and a little self-control.
And some grim determination,
If you want to reach the goal.
It takes a deal of striving,
and a firm and stern-set chin.
No matter what the battle,
If you really want to win.
There's no easy path to glory,
There's no road to fame.
Life, however we may view it,
Is no simple parlor game;
But it's prizes call for fighting,
For endurance and for grit;
For a rugged disposition
and don't know when to quit.
June 3, 2016
pt of the day
Change is inevitable,
growth is intentional.
Change isn't optional,
and creation isn't something that happened a long time ago and then ended.
It's ongoing,
and we are invited to be a part of it.
The question for us is 'what will we create in this new day?'
How will we make it count?
How will we nourish the things that matter,
and stand in the way of injustice in the small ways that add up to the arc of history?
You are invited to participate in the creation of this day...
June 5, 2016
pt of the day
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it,
for that determines our success or failure.
The way you think about a fact
may defeat you before you ever do anything about it.
You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
June 6, 2016
pt of the day
Strength does not come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strengths.
When you go through hardships
and decide not to surrender,
that is strength.
Difficulty, my brethren,
is the nurse of greatness
a harsh nurse,
who roughly rocks her foster children
into strength and athletic proportion.
June 7, 2016
pt of the day
Every man who accomplishes things
sees first in his mind what he wishes to do.
He puts away all doubt.
It makes no difference how small
or how large the thing you want to do may be;
if you have an unlimited confidence in your ability to do it,
you will do it.
Jun 8, 2016
pt of the day
See the things that you want as already yours.
Know that they will come to you at need.
Then let them come.
Don’t fret and worry about them.
Don’t think about your lack of them.
Think of them as yours,
as belonging to you,
as already in your possession.
You create your own universe as you go along.
June 9, 2016
pt of the day
What we think about
and THANK about is what we bring about.
“We all possess more power and greater possibilities than we realize,
and visualizing is one of the greatest of these powers.”
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:
Our life is the creation of our mind.”
THINK IT, SEE IT, JUST DO IT, BE IT...”
June 11, 2016
pt of the day
Ambition is the path to success.
Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
All the performances of human art,
at which we look with praise or wonder,
are instances of the resistless force of perseverance;
it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid,
and that distant countries are united with canals.
If a man was to compare the single stroke of the pickaxe,
or of one impression of the spade,
with the general design and the last result,
he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion;
yet those petty operations, incessantly continued,
in time surmount the greatest difficulties,
and mountains are leveled
and oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings.
Jun 12, 2016
pt of the day
Every choice carries a consequence.
For better or worse,
each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor.
There are not exceptions.
If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment,
why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
Good thoughts bear good fruit,
bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
Master your choices,
or become the slave of their consequences.
Jun 13, 2016
pt of the day
Try not to resist the changes that come your way.
Instead let life live through you.
And do not worry that your life is turning upside down.
How do you know that the side you are used to
is better than the one to come?
Change is inevitable,
growth is intentional.
Adapt or perish,
now as ever,
is nature's inexorable imperative.
ADAPT & OVERCOME
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION
June 14, 2016
pt of the day
Self-discipline facilitates goals and keeps our attitude elevated.
You can even say that discipline is the foundation of happiness
and the uttermost requirement for success.
“What lies in our power to do,
lies in our power not to do”.
It was character that got us out of bed,
commitment that moved us into action
and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.
A disciplined mind leads to happiness,
and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
Jun 15 ,2016
pt of the day
When one door closes another door opens;
but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door
that we do not see the ones which open for us.
Don't let the past steal your present.
June 16, 2016
pt of the day
All the world ‘s a stage,
and all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
the valiant never taste of death but once.
June 20, 2016
pt of the day
BECOME ALL YOU CAN BECOME....
“CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.
MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.
CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.
MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.
CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.
MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed.
CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.
MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.
CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.
MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.
CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgment. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?
MORPHEUS: I am hope.”
June 21, 2016
pt of the day
Every single second is an opportunity to change your life,
because in any moment you can change the way you feel.
You create your own universe as you go along.
See the things that you want as already yours.
Know that they will come to you at need.
Then let them come.
Don’t fret and worry about them.
Don’t think about your lack of them.
Think of them as yours,
as belonging to you,
as already in your possession.
What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.
June 22, 2016
pt of the day
PAIN IS NOT THE ENEMY....
IT’S A CALL TO GREATNESS
June 23, 2016
pt of the day
The ultimate victory in competition
is derived from the inner satisfaction
of knowing that you have done your best
and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.
When you get in a tight place
and everything goes against you,
until it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer,
never give up then,
for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.
It does not matter how slowly you go
so long as you do not stop.
No matter how hard the battle gets
or no matter how many people DON'T believe in your dream,
Never give up!
June 24, 2016
pt of the day
Twenty years from now
you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream.
“Be careful what you water your dreams with.
Water them with worry and fear
and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
Water them with optimism and solutions
and you will cultivate success.
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success.
Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”
Jun 25, 2016
pt of the day
“FEARLESS is getting back up
and fighting for what you want over and over again....
even though every time you've tried before you've lost.”
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
“If you meet the darkest moment of life,
strive valiantly through it with courage and never retreat,
for you shall surely meet light afterwards.
If you meet the muddy stream of life,
swim across it with tenacity to the very end
for there is a clearer stream that shall wash your dirt away afterwards.
If all people reject you in the mid of the arduous race of life,
dare to smile
and move on for there are people who await you to embrace you in the end”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up.”
June 26, 2016
pt of the day
“You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
Fools stand on their island of opportunities
and look toward another land.
There is no other land;
there is no other life but this.”
“Happiness,
not in another place
but this place...
not for another hour,
but this hour.”
“I, not events,
have the power to make me happy
or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day,
today,
and I'm going to be happy in it.”
June 27, 2016
pt of the day
"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."
Some people throttle their potential
by refusing to think "what if?"
and ignoring what's truly important to them in life.
You have to start dreaming before you can achieve anything.
Persistence is much of what separates the successful from the pure wishful thinkers.
Distinguish yourself by staying motivated even in the toughest of circumstances.
"Press on.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
Jun 28,2016
pt of the day
“If we choose not to get involved
or pretend it's not happening,
we're going against the very sense of connection that makes us human.”
“If you want to make a difference,
the next time you see someone doing wrong to another human being,
take it personally.
Take it personally because it is personal.”
“Stand up for your conscience.
Use light to reveal what is concealed in the darkness.
Use truth to fight the lies,
and the heart to fight the mind.”
June 29, 2016
pt of the day
“Make the most of every moment.
Get excited about every little thing.
Why not?
Why not have your wonderful moment of excited anticipation?
Why not be happy NOW?
This is my greatest challenge,
but something I'm pouring my heart into:
learning how to enjoy what I have,
right here, right now.
Every moment is precious and although sometimes I struggle to see it,
I see it more and more every day.”
“Embrace your inner lunatic.
Fun times guaranteed.”
“We are never more fully alive,
more completely ourselves,
or more deeply engrossed in anything,
than when we are at play.”
TEAM Fit Body as 2 MIXED PAIRS TEAMS for the COUPLES CLASS
at the BC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 wk this Saturday at Canada Place
Brandon & Dawn and Colby & Scott
gonna be a blast to share the stage with these wonderful people
Jun 30, 201
pt of the day
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words;
it is expressed in the choices one makes.
In the long run,
we shape our lives,
and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make
are ultimately our own responsibility”
July 1, 2016
pt of the day
“The death of a dream
is the day that you stop believing in the work it takes to get there.”
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
He will put some things behind,
will pass an invisible boundary;
new, universal,
and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him;
or the old laws be expanded,
and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense,
and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.”
“Happiness is the byproduct of fulfilled dreams.”
July 2nd, 2016
pt of the day
“To live is the rarest thing in the world.
Most people exist, that is all.”
“Life will break you.
Nobody can protect you from that,
and living alone won't either,
for solitude will also break you with its yearning.
You have to love.
You have to feel.
It is the reason you are here on earth.
You are here to risk your heart.
You are here to be swallowed up.
And when it happens that you are broken,
or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near,
let yourself sit by an apple tree
and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps,
wasting their sweetness.
Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”
July 3rd, 2016 PT OF THE DAY
Welcome To The Grind
Rise and shine.
6 AM and your hand can't make it to the alarm clock
before the voices in your head start telling you that it's too early,
too dark, and too cold to get out of a bed.
Aching muscles lie still in rebellion,
pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move
A legion of voices are shouting their unanimous permission for you to hit the snooze button
and go back to dreamland,
but you didn't ask their opinion.
The voice you've chosen to listen to is one of defiance.
A voice that's says there was a reason you set that alarm in the first place.
So sit up,
put your feet on the floor,
and don't look back because we've got work to do.
Welcome to The Grind.
For what is each day but a series of conflicts between the right way and the easy way?
10,000 streams fan out like a river delta before you,
Each one promising the path of least resistance.
Thing is, you're headed upstream And when you make that choice,
when you decide to turn your back on what's comfortable
and what's safe and what some would call "common sense",
well that's day 1.
From there it only gets tougher.
So just make sure this is something you want.
Because the easy way out will always be there,
ready to wash you away,
all you have to do is pick up your feet.
But you aren't going to are you?
With each step comes the decision to take another
You're on your way now
But this is no time to dwell on how far you've come.
You're in a fight against an opponent you can't see
Oh but you can feel him on your heels can't you?
Feel him breathing down your neck
You know what that is?
That's you...
Your fears, your doubts and insecurities
all lined up like a firing squad ready to shoot you out of the sky,
but don't lose heart
While they aren't easily defeated,
they are far from invincible.
Remember this is The Grind,
The Battle Royale between you and your mind, your body
and the devil on your shoulder
who's telling you that this is just a game,
this is just a waste of time,
your opponents are stronger than you.
Drown out the voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat
Burn away your self doubt
with the fire that's beneath you
Remember what you're fighting for
And never forget that momentum is a cruel mistress.
She can turn on a dime with the smallest mistake.
She is ever searching for that weak place in your armor,
That one tiny thing you forgot to prepare for.
So as long as the devil is hiding the details,
the question remains,"is that all you got?",
"are you sure?"
And when the answer is "yes".
That you've done all you can to prepare yourself for battle
THEN it's time to go forth and boldly face your enemy,
the enemy within.
Only now you must take that fight into the open,
into hostile territory
You're a lion in a field of lions
all hunting the same elusive prey
with a desperate starvation that says
VICTORY is the only thing that can keep you alive.
So believe that voice that says "you CAN run a little faster"
and that "you CAN throw a little harder"
and that "you CAN dive a little deeper"
and that, for you, the laws of physics are merely a suggestion.
Luck is the last dying wish of those who wanna believe that winning can happen by accident,
sweat on the other hand
is for those who know it's a choice,
so decide now because destiny waits for no man.
And when your time comes
and a thousand different voices are trying to tell you you're not ready for it,
listen instead for that lone voice in decent
the one that says you are ready,
you are prepared,
it's all up to you now.
July 4, 2016
pt of the day
Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.
The moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur
to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
July 5, 2016
pt of the day
“It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about.
What's hard
is figuring out what you're willing to give up
in order to do the things you really care about.”