Zaid Ismail
@zaidie@zaidismail.com
Author, life coach, and mental health activist. We need to change the narrative from disorders, illnesses, and survival to accountability, understanding, and thriving.
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I’m a victim…of you…and me.
I look around these days and see more people depressed, downtrodden, suicidal, and hopeless compared to people that have wholesome lives, a healthy self-esteem, and a general appreciation for the good that they have and the good that they are. For every person that I’ve seen going through intense despair or depression or self-loathing, I’ve…
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Never stop believing that you can be whatever you want to be…reality is over rated anyway.
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cordisre: Bungee Jumping (di John&Fish) (Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfish/3522284481/)
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Sometimes we sacrifice what we need to give happiness to others, be they loved or not. But when we expect something in return, it means that it wasn’t a sacrifice to begin with, but rather an exaggerated hope.
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He who doesn’t understand a stare, won’t understand a long explanation. Arabian Proverb (via cordisre)
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Creative Exercise
Put your mouth on my eyelids and kiss me where I’ve been blessed. Bless me, bless you darling said goodbye last night. He meant to leave before the sun rose, but he just stood in the doorway not ready to forget me, forget you. The thing is, we can’t forget and that’s the curse…
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(Source: http://iammelexi14.tumblr.com/post/9572902936)