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Aug 17, 2016
pt of the day
No matter what,
we always have the power to choose hope over despair,
engagement over apathy,
kindness over indifference,
enthusiasm over lethargy,
love over hate.
This is our true freedom.
Whatever life may throw at us,
we have the freedom and ability to choose our attitude.
And I believe it is in those moments of choice that we manifest our destiny.
AUG 18, 2016
PT OF THE DAY
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm
but because of those who look at it without doing anything.
Equitable, fair, and just dealing with people that,
although pragmatically flexible according to the situation and times,
conforms to self-imposed high standards of public conduct.
Once practically interchangeable with 'moral,'
Moral | Definition of concerning or relating to what is right and wrong in human behavior. :
based on what you think is right and good. :
considered right and good by most people
Aug 19, 2016
pt of the day
No matter how difficult life can be
the most important thing is to live it with hope. .....
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY...
life is what you make of it, so much it GREAT xoxo
Aug 20, 2016
pt of the day
We can choose courage
or we can choose comfort,
but we can’t have both.
Not at the same time.
Courage is the ladder on which
all the other virtues mount.
Courage is very important.
Like a muscle,
it is strengthened by use.
Aug 21, 2016
pt of the day
Everyone knows on any given day that
there are energies slumbering in him
which the incitements of that day do not call fourth. …
Compared with what we ought to be,
we are only half awake.
Our fires are damped,
our drafts are checked.
We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources. …
Stating the thing broadly,
the human individual thus lives fare within his limits
he possesses powers of various sorts he habitually fails to use.
Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits
who neither enjoy nor suffer too much,
because they live in the gray twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat.
Everything in the universe is within you.
Ask all from yourself.
Aug 22, 2016
pt of the day
If you are going through HELL..... keep going....
“Sufferings test strength of endurance.”
“Sometimes you go through things that seem huge at the time,
like a mysterious glowing cloud devouring your entire community.
While they're happening,
they feel like the only thing that matters
and you can hardly imagine that there's a world out there that might have anything else going on.
And then the glow cloud moves on.
And you move on.
And the event is behind you.
And you may find, as time passes,
that you remember it less and less.
Or absolutely not at all....”
“Challenges make us grow in faith, in spirit and in strength.”
Aug 23, 2016
pt of the day
“For what it’s worth:
it’s never too late or,
in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be.
There’s no time limit,
stop whenever you want.
You can change or stay the same,
there are no rules to this thing.
We can make the best
or the worst of it.
I hope you make the best of it.
And I hope you see things that startle you.
I hope you feel things you never felt before.
I hope you meet people with a different point of view.
I hope you live a life you’re proud of.
If you find that you’re not,
I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”
Aug 24, 2016
pt of the day
“When you take risks
you learn that there will be times when you succeed
and there will be times when you fail,
and both are equally important.”
“If you don't take risks,
you'll have a wasted soul.”
“Go for it, while you can.
I know you have it in you.
And I can't promise you'll get everything you want,
but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try.”
Aug 25, 2016
pt of the day
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
“Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.”
“A ship is always safe at the shore
but that is NOT what it is built for.”
Aug 26, 2016
pt of the day
Loving and respecting others
means allowing them to be themselves.
The most beautiful people I think in this world are
the ones that have that unique courage to be themselves.
No matter what anyone says,
no matter how many laugh or mock them,
they continue to be themselves even if they are alone.
They don't change to get anyone to like them.
They smile because they're happy and content with themselves.
AMEN !!!!!!!!
Aug 27, 2016
pt of the day
“If you want to be happy,
do not dwell in the past,
do not worry about the future,
focus on living fully in the present.”
“Forget what we became,
focus on what we're capable of becoming.”
Make every MOMENT of every day count...
Aug 28, 2016
pt of the day
Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily.
"The most essential factor is persistence
the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm
to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."
"Desire is the key to motivation,
but it's the determination
and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal
a commitment to excellence
that will enable you to attain the success you seek."
Sept 4th, 2016
pt of the day
Life is a struggle.
Life will through curveballs at you,
it will humble you...
Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows.
It’s a very mean and nasty place,
and I don’t care how tough you are,
it will beat you to your knees
and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.
But it ain’t about how hard you hit.
It’s about how hard you can get hit
and keep moving forward;
how much you can take
and keep moving forward.
That’s how winning is done!
Now, if you know what you’re worth,
then go out and get what you’re worth.
But you gotta be willing to take the hits,
and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody.
Cowards do that and that ain’t you.
You’re better than that!
Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.
TEAM Fit Body's 2016 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
Dawn Alison
Womens Bodybuilding 35 yrs + HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Womens Bodybuilding 40 yrs + HEAVYWEIGHT 2nd Place Champ
Womens Bodybuilding 35 yrs + HEAVYWEIGHT 5th Place Champ
Brandon Best
Classic Physique Tall 35 yrs + 10th Place
Classic Physique Tall 40 yrs + 10th Place
Sept 5, 2016
pt of the day
“The true measure of success is
how many times you can bounce back from failure.”
“The only time you fail is
when you fall down and stay down.”
“Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.”
Sept 6, 2016
pt of the day
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it.
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers that fear.”
“Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“There is no bravery, without fear”
“Being brave is feeling the fear and doing it anyway”
JUST DO IT
Sept 7, 2016
pt of the day
“To persist with a goal,
you must treasure the dream
more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.”
Sept 8, 2016
pt of the day
“Don't be afraid of your fears.
They're not there to scare you.
They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”
“Without fear there cannot be courage.”
“Before I knew you,
I thought brave was not being afraid.
You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.”
Sept 9, 2016
pt of the day
“There is nothing more rare,
nor more beautiful,
than a woman being unapologetically herself;
comfortable in her perfect imperfection.
To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
“About all you can do in life is be who you are.
Some people will love you for you.
Most will love you for what you can do for them,
and some won't like you at all.”
“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
Sept 10, 2016
pt of the day
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete,
YOU will respect YOU.”
“Make the most of yourself....
for that is all there is of you.”
“Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded.
Tell them to put on some sunglasses,
cuz we were born this way!”
ROCK IT
BE YOU !!!!!!
TEAM Fit Body's 2016 CREW of 13
KNIGHT OF CHAMPIONS RESULTS
Dennis Peckham Masters Physique 2nd Place Champ
Blake Ponuick Masters Physique 4th Place Champ
Marc Costo Physique B 4th Place Champ
Tarah Dionne Figure B 3rd Place Champ
Shannon Thompson Figure C Champion
Kelsey Spann Figure C 2nd Place Champion
(POSING CLIENTS)
Rhonda Hutchinson Grand Masters Bikini 3rd Place Champ
Roza Ksor Bikini A 5th Place Champ
Christina Radeka Bikini B 5th Place Champ
Tyra Hougaard Bikini E 5th Place Champ
congrats to competitors
Keisha Bell (FIGURE)
Chandi Khera (BIKINI)
Nancy Sidhu (BIKINI)
SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU xoxo
There really is NO OFFSEASON
as there's only DIFFERENT PHASES OF BETTERING ONESELF....
we are a constant work of ART...
either we are progressing, staying stagnant or regressing. USE YOUR TIME WISELY...
don't show up at the next show with the same package.
Use the time between wisely to bring up weak points
and bring in a better you next time
Sept 13, 2016
pt of the day
Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary.
You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.
I decided to call my record 'Inside Out'
because that's my motto about life.
I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are
.Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do.
Being true to yourself.
PIC: TEAM Fit Body's at Knight of Champions
Sept 13, 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.”
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says
I'll try again tomorrow.”
Sept 14, 2016
pt of the day
“To find yourself, learn to love yourself.”
“You are magnificent and unique.
Love yourself and stay unique
and you will beautify this world with your unique art of life.”
NEVER LET THE JUDGMENT OF OTHERS
BE WHAT DETERMINES YOUR SELF-WORTH.....
“I have outgrown many things.
I have outgrown relatives who gladly offer criticism but not support.
I have outgrown my need to meet my family's unrealistic expectations of me.
I have outgrown girls who wear masks and secretly rejoice at my misfortunes.
I have outgrown shrinking myself for boys who are intimidated by my intelligence and outspoken nature.
I have outgrown friends who cannot celebrate my accomplishments.
I have outgrown people who conveniently disappear whenever life gets a little dark.
I have outgrown those who take pleasure in gossiping and spreading negativity.
I have outgrown dull, meaningless conversations that feel forced.
I have outgrown those who don't take a stand against ignorance and injustice.
I have outgrown trying to please everyone.
I have outgrown society constantly telling me I'm not beautiful, smart, or worthy enough.
I have outgrown trying to fix every little flaw.
I have outgrown my tendency to fill my mind with self-doubt and insecurity.
I have outgrown trying to find reasons not to love myself.
I have outgrown anything and anyone that does not enrich the essence of my soul.
I have outgrown many things,
and I've never felt freer.”
free to be myself whatever I choose that to be
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE
BE YOU NO REGRETS
Sept 15, 2016
pt of the day
“Do not spoil what you have
by desiring what you have not;
remember that what you now have
was once among the things you only hoped for.”
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for
every good thing that comes to you,
and to give thanks continuously.
And because all things have contributed to your advancement,
you should include all things in your gratitude.”
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart,
it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
Sept 16, 2016
pt of the day
“There shall always be that voice that will tell you
how you are wasting your time and ability,
how you shall fail,
how some tried and failed,
why your prevailing slips are indications of your future doom,
why you are unworthy to dare,
why your background mismatches your vision and aspiration,
why your personality misfits your mission and how arduous the errand is.
You have a choice.
You have your thought.
You have what burns in you that tells you how you can make it.
Though the world may be interested in your success,
it is much interested in your slips and mediocrity as-well.
Your vision must keep you in your mission.
Dare in wisdom.
Dare unrelentingly.
Ponder!”
“Tenacity is what it takes to dare unrelentingly”
“Let me be strong,
for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise
and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute
that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.”
SET AT GOAL
LIVE YOUR DREAMS
JUST DO IT
Sept 17, 2016
pt of the
The ratio of dreaming to doing
varies inversely with the rate of accomplishment.
Sept 18, 2016
pt of the day
The level path is easy,
but it will not bring you to the mountaintop.
The one thing that matters is the effort.
It continues,
whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber,
as he fares on and on from crest to crest;
and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.
Many people think they want things,
but they don't really have the strength, the discipline.
They are weak.
I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.
Sept 19, 2016
pt of the day
The capacity for hope is
the most significant fact of life.
It provides human beings with a sense of destination
and the energy to get started.
Faith goes up the stairs
that love has built
and looks out the window
which hope has opened.
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more;
hate less, love more;
and all good things are yours.
Sept 20, 2016
pt of the day
Objectives are not fate; they are direction.
They are not commands; they are commitments.
They do not determine the future;
they are means to mobilize the resources
and energies of the business for the making of the future.
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.
Sept 21, 2016
pt of the day
The biggest lie in choosing is, "I can't."
That is simply not true.
We can do anything we want If we don't do something,
it is because we have committed our time, energy and resources somewhere else.
For the most part,
most people most often choose comfort
the familiar, the time-honored, the well-worn but well-known.
After a lifetime of choosing between comfort and risk,
we are left with the life we currently have.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WHAT YOU HAVE
YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING YOU AREN’T CURRENTLY DOING....
if you do what you’ve always done,
you will get what you’ve always got,
want change,
then you need to be willing to change,
if not, you are stuck
Sept 22, 2016
pt of the day
“The harder the conflict,
the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap,
we esteem too lightly;
it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
I love the man that can smile in trouble,
that can gather strength from distress and grow.”
“Struggle is the food from which change is made,
and the best time to make the most of a struggle is
when it's right in front of your face.
Now, I know that might sound a bit simplistic.
But, too often we're led to believe that struggling is a bad thing,
or that we struggle because we're doing something wrong.
I disagree.
I look at struggle as an opportunity to grow.
True struggle happens when you can sense what is not working for you
and you're willing to take the appropriate action to correct the situation.
Those who accomplish change are willing to engage the struggle
Sept 23, 2016
pt of the day
“Stand up to hypocrisy.
If you don't, the hypocrites will teach.
Stand up to ignorance,
because if you don't, the ignorant will run free to spread ignorance like a disease.
Stand up for truth.
If you don't, then there is no truth to your existence.
If you don't stand up for all that is right,
then understand that you are part of the reason why there is so much wrong in the world.”
Sept 24, 2016
pt of the day
“Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,
are the ones who do.”
Sept 25, 2016
pt of the day
“REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS
Before you were born,
And were still too tiny for
The human eye to see,
You won the race for life
From among 250 million competitors.
And yet,
How fast you have forgotten
Your strength,
When your very existence
Is proof of your greatness.
You were born a winner,
A warrior,
One who defied the odds
By surviving the most gruesome
Battle of them all.
And now that you are a giant,
Why do you even doubt victory
Against smaller numbers,
And wider margins?
The only walls that exist,
Are those you have placed in your mind.
And whatever obstacles you conceive,
Exist only because you have forgotten
What you have already
Achieved.
Sept 26, 2016
pt of the day
6 years ago today I “Dawn” got married to my good friend Brandon Best...
and we are stronger & more in love today than the day we said “I do” & “I do too”....
“It is not a lack of love,
but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
We entered into friendship through a mutual love “BODYBUILDING”
and thanx to the bodybuilding forum www.rxmuscle.com
& BLACKBERRY MESSANGER (the greatest technology of its day imo)
and us both getting a Blackberry cell phones...
which it allowed us to be in constant contact
and our friendship quickly grew as we got to know each other from a distance separating us by a divide of 2 countries & 2422 miles....
On Sept 23rd we met in Las Vegas baggage claim for the 1st time in person,
we went straight to get a marriage license...
then enjoyed the festivities of the OLYMPIA WEEKEND
and on Sunday got married....
and this was one of the greatest decisions of my life...
“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust.
Both elements have to be there.
And it has to be mutual.
You can have respect for someone,
but if you don't have trust,
the friendship will crumble.”
I know in part of why this relationship works beside the common interest of Bodybuilding,
beside the mutal respect & trust we have for each other,
and in some ways we are polar opposites, as Brandon says I’m a YING to his YANG....
but another important thing is,
we both have been instilled with OLD WORLD VALUES from our upbringing that seems so rare these days....
here’s to many more years of friendship, love & happiness xoxo
PHOTOCREDIT: FEMME FATALE PRODUCTION (Nicole Kerr & Dion Farrell)
@femmefataleproduction
Sept 27, 2016
pt of the day
The major reason for setting a goal is
for what it makes of you to accomplish it.
What it makes of you
will always be the far greater value than what you get.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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.
Do or do not.
There is no try.
STOP THINKING ABOUT IT & JUST DO IT
Sept 28, 2016
pt of the day
“To one degree or another
we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day.
The wisest people I know
don't compare their fight to that of others.
Everything is relative through the lens of personal struggle.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes...
mine are often those who are fighting their fight in public.
Unashamed. Proud. An example.
Heroes aren't perfect.
They have faults and flaws.
They stumble from time to time.
They are heroes, though, because they correct themselves...
and set an example, intended or not,
for the world observing them...
even, and especially,
to those who would love nothing more than to see them fail.
Stay Strong!”
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”
Sept 29, 2016
pt of the day
“All that we are is a result of what we have thought.”
“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
“Every single second
is an opportunity to change your life,
because in any moment
you can change the way you feel.”
“Whether you think you can
or think you can’t,
either way you are right.”
“Keep your thoughts positive,
because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive,
because your words become your behaviours.
Keep your behaviours positive,
because your behaviours become your habits.
Keep your habits positive,
because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive,
because your values become your destiny.”