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Some mornings I wake up in a whirlwind of everyone else’s noise — the opinions, the projections, the advice you didn’t ask for but somehow absorb anyway. But today, I paused on this idea: “Your own opinions and point of view reflect your own agreements and are personal to you. It is no one’s truth but yours.”

That line hit like a gong in a quiet room.

It reminded me that no matter how loud the outside world gets, the agreements we make with ourselves — what we choose to believe, value, fight for — that’s what builds our reality. And just because someone else doesn't see it, doesn't mean it isn't real. We're all walking around with a different lens. So stop waiting for someone else to validate your vision.

For anyone out there doubting their own path because it doesn’t match the popular narrative — keep going. That mismatch is the magic. That tension is where originality breathes.

I pulled this from The Four Agreements, a book that keeps showing up for me whenever I need to tune back in to my own signal. And this card especially — “Don’t take anything personally. Your truth is personal to you” — felt like the perfect reminder for a day like today.

If you're building something different, questioning the old rules, or daring to create a new system: you're not lost. You're aligned.

– BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZAO Team