Zaid Ismail's Blog, page 49
August 27, 2020
More than mindfulness
What we respond to reflects our personal values. How we respond reflects our ego. Emotional mindfulness is key to getting this right. Situational mindfulness is knowing which battles to choose. That’s our value system that drives our choices. Emotional mindfulness is being aware of how we feel when we choose our battles. That’s our self …
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August 26, 2020
Poetry of old
“Poetry often belies the age of the poet, but always reveals the struggles of the soul. What we write of youth, applies to old. But most would rather resist it, Than bear the truth be told. I’m in love with life. But I hate the world.” It’s possible to live life romantically, you know. Despite …
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August 25, 2020
Fear breeds sadness
Fear creates more sadness than heartbreak ever will. Fear keeps us anchored in a moment that has long since passed. Fear convinces us that we need to be protected from what we previously experienced, while distracting us from the wisdom and strength that we gained from that experience. Fear prompts us to look for signs …
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August 24, 2020
Fearfully hopeful
Patience is only patience when it is the foundation of hope. Not when it is the pacifier of fear. Hope is the currency of growth, whereas fear is what breeds decay. To patiently await the decay of what we hold dear is not patience, it is surrender. To hope, despite the apparent futility that stares …
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August 23, 2020
Trading off the best of me
If kindness and compassion are a reflection of who we are, there can be no prerequisite for anyone to have to deserve it, or to earn it from us. How we express it towards them may take different forms, including tough love. But it is our intention behind that tough love, and how we follow …
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August 22, 2020
Understanding misunderstanding
When we find that, despite our sincerest efforts, we continue to be misunderstood, consider that perhaps we need to focus on understanding instead. Understanding becomes difficult when we’re gripped with the desperation of needing others to understand how important something is to us. That desperation is often driven by fear, or self pity, rather than …
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August 18, 2020
Silent Protest
A protest that cannot be articulated, is a protest spawned by futility, to feed futility. My contempt for what I am presented with is rarely expressed plainly. My reservations to express at all is grounded in years of …
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August 17, 2020
Ephemeral existence…
Life, more than anything else, is about perspective. In moments of struggle, we’re inclined to look back on the many times that we were weighed down in life. Sometimes we reminisce about the good times, but from a place of hopelessness believing that we may never experience it again. At such times, it feels like …
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August 16, 2020
Fear or hope? Choose wisely
Fear drives us towards protecting ourselves from a difficult past, while convincing us that we’re investing in a better future. If we were truly investing in the future, fear of the past repeating itself would not feature in our efforts towards growth and new beginnings. It is fear that manifests as illness or disease in …
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August 13, 2020
Blessed are the few…
Blessed be the gentle ones who love too fiercely, Accept too easily And hope endlessly. The ones torn between duty and love Or responsibility and passion The ones who sacrifice quietly But celebrate others loudly The ones who when sad Find joy in making others smile Who serve willingly But expect none in return Blessed …
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