Greetings to all my new Shapers! I am Dwayne Bester, but to most, I am known as Dee Best and welcome to Shaping Lives! I want to thank Just Me Magazine’ s, Founder, Alice Boswell for allowing me the space to share my thoughts and footsteps in my journey to get into a better shape, a new lifestyle. That lifestyle is Out Of Shape Fitness. This is a motivational fitness apparel brand I created through the efforts of losing. I know there is somebody asking what do I mean by that. Through the unwanted efforts of losing, you have the greatest opportunity to find out who you are.
You are given opportunities to reshape your life. This life has its moments where being out of shape not only affects your entire being but it can affect the people around you. Being out of shape is more than just physical. Being out of shape can be spiritual, emotional, financial and of course physical. When I started to work out of the shape I was in; I came up with three Shaper initiatives; Realize, Motivated and Inspire, that I applied to my life that set up the 4 Pillars Of Fitness that completes our life’ s cycle of operation.( The 4 POF will be explained in next month ' s issue in detail.)
First, you have to REALIZE when you are out of shape. You have to take a hard, long look at yourself and ask the questions. Are you spiritually out of shape? Have you lost faith in everything and everyone? Emotionally, are you able to cope with your current life status? Is the pressure to produce getting to you? Maybe you are financially out of shape? Are bills piling up due to lack of funds or job loss? Or, are you just simply physically out of shape? Have you packed on the pounds due to your hectic schedule or the stress from everything else going on in your life? When you let go of the fear of loss, this realization will allow you to be receptive to become MOTIVATED to change, which is step two.
Some of us need that hard push to get us going. Sometimes it could be something minor or a life-changing event that kicks you into gear. But there are those who need to be thrown overboard with a faulty life jacket. This action should motivate you to stay afloat and swim. Unfortunately, most will drown due to the lack of faith in themselves that would allow them to overcome the obstacles in their path. You have to be motivated to break free from your iniquities.
The third step is to INSPIRE. When you have gone through a life changing experience, you are now held to a higher accord and are left with a feeling to share your testimony, because trust me, there is someone who will look to you for inspiration to workout of the shape they are in and into the best shape that will fit their lives. It takes a positive action to set off the ripple effects of change, which can spread through a community and create a lifestyle.
We would love to hear your stories of getting out of the shape you are in and into the shape that has changed your life. Until the next time, shape up and shout it out, I Am Out Of Shape!
For more information about Out Of Shape Fitness apparel, please visit www. outofshapefitness. com.
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