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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Own your choices. Own your life.
Surely my sincere pursuit of happiness and enlightenment cannot be the cause of my own misery? Why didn’t someone make me aware of it? Why didn’t someone say something? Why couldn’t they just understand what I was going through? Even if all those questions are answered in the affirmative. it does not change the reality…
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Don’t trade your virtues for vices
Don’t withhold the beauty of your spirit just because there is no one around to appreciate it. Be who you are, and let others be who they choose to be. The expectation of being treated the way we treat others is what causes much bitterness and anger. It’s not worth it. Give without the expectation…
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Faith is always there
Faith is often associated with spirituality, or religion. But faith plays a role in our lives in ways we easily lose sight of. When we trust someone, we have faith in them to do the right thing. When we mistrust someone, we have reason to fear that they’ll do the wrong thing, meaning that we…
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Home breakers
Those who live with the expectation of receiving what they need, rather than putting in the effort to create it with their own heart and hands, will take for granted that which others have exhausted themselves building. Like a home. There are too many who expect to feel at home because of their material contribution,…
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Judging bad behaviour
I have yet to meet someone who behaves poorly when they feel appreciated. Yet, we’re most often focused on the poor behaviour instead of their feeling of insignificance. The same is true for us. Our anger, bitterness, or rebellion is simply an expression intended to reclaim our significance when significant others treat us as if…
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Break the stigma. Stop the label.
I think it was Dr Wayne Dyer who said that if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. This is true both positively and negatively. Do you know someone who has a problem for every solution? Who sees doom and gloom at the happiest of moments? Who is…
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Let the voiceless speak for themselves
I see so many people speaking on behalf of others, often starting out with good intention, but later distorting that intention by projecting their own values on the ones whom they wish to uplift. Despite our best intentions, we stifle the voices of others when we speak on their behalf. Not to be confused with…
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Cheat old age
We seek safety and comfort in planning our life, our vacations, or careers to the last degree when we are afraid of being out of control, or missing opportunities that may result in regret later on. Like everything else, there is a place for planning in life. But, when that planning denies you the spontaneity…