On My Own Side Quotes

“But rather, it’s a more Taoist approach of being present in this moment, surrendering to the greater forces at work, tuning in to what is the right action in this moment, and then taking it without much drama or fuss.”
― Aziz Gazipura, On My Own Side: Transform Self-Criticism and Doubt Into Permanent Self-Worth and Confidence

“Remember, your critic is not a wise, trusted advisor with accurate predictions based on experience and a neutral stance. It’s a terrified, frantic part that is willing to dismiss reality, lie, or make up whatever absurd things it must to keep you safe.”
― Aziz Gazipura, On My Own Side: Transform Self-Criticism and Doubt Into Permanent Self-Worth and Confidence

“The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life. - “Love After Love” by Derek Walcott”
― Aziz Gazipura, On My Own Side: Transform Self-Criticism and Doubt Into Permanent Self-Worth and Confidence

“Every positive risk that will make your life better is going to involve some level of discomfort.”
― Aziz Gazipura, On My Own Side: Transform Self-Criticism and Doubt Into Permanent Self-Worth and Confidence