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Mental Wealth Challenge: Day 9

November 20, 2018Zaid IsmailLeave a Comment

Yesterday's salad exercise was interesting. Did you perhaps surprise yourself in the process? Something that I learnt from it is that if it is not shared with others that appreciate the effort and creativity that you put into it, it detracts from the sweetness of the goal. But I think that that is true for … Continue reading Mental Wealth Challenge: Day 9

Sunset from my backyard

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Taken with my cell phone, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (c) Cynically Jaded - Oct 2012

Kerkennah, Tunisia

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Sunset on Kerkennah Island in Tunisia. (c) Zaid Ismail June 2008

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Sunset from a natural rock pool in Cape Town, South Africa. (c) Cynically Jaded

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Angry African sun from my back yard. (c) Cynically Jaded

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View of the sunset from my front door. (c) Cynically Jaded

There is no shame in playing it safe, as long as you realise that when you do, you're giving up the ocean in favour of swimming in the pond. Life is not about always trying to be all that you can be, it's about accepting the consequences of what you've chosen for yourself. So being bitter about the constraints of the pond in this case will mean that you are in denial about your self imposed limitations. When you avoid such accountability, you contaminate your relationship with yourself and especially with those around you, because inevitably you end up blaming
Dare to achieve great things, or die trying! The audacity to believe that you are capable of success is probably the most honest opinion you could ever have of yourself. It cuts through the ingratitude and weakness that so many hold on to so that they may be protected from the apparent embarrassment of failure. There is no shortage of quotes by great leaders who saw failure as the major stepping stones towards success. But none of that matters if your only concern is how others will perceive you. If you don't respect yourself enough to try to achieve your
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It is often the sacrifice of one that saves the souls of many. (Zaid Ismail) Inspired by Rosalia Mashele www.bophumelele.org.za zaidismail.com
The gentle souls that touch my life in my later years inevitably bear the brunt of the lessons learnt at the hands of the despicable souls in my earlier years. The only thing that protects me from growing bitter and jaded is acceptance of what was, and hope for what is yet to come. Don't try to change every despicable soul that you encounter. As much as your humanity might drive you to see the weakness behind their contemptible ways, they are more responsible for embracing their past than you are for convincing them to see the value in it.

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