Kuna kitu kimoja ambacho kina nguvu ya kujenga au kubomoa maisha yako. Kitu hicho ni mahusiano yako na watu mbalimbali kwenye maisha yako. Ubora wa mahusiano yako na wengine ndiyo ubora wa maisha yako. Yaani maisha yako yatakuwa bora kadiri mahusiano yako na wengine yanavyokuwa bora. Utakuwa na maisha bora (more…)
“People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of a base person, when you can, at any moment, find such a retreat in yourself. (more…)
Moja ya uwekezaji bora kabisa unaoweza kufanya kwenye maisha yako ni kwenye maendeleo yako binafsi. Kujifunza vizuri vipya ili kuwa bora zaidi kutakuwezesha kupiga hatua sana kwenye maisha yako. Lakini jua siyo kwamba hili litakusaidia wewe pekee, bali litawasaidia wengine wengi na hata dunia kwa ujumla. Kama umeajiriwa na ukawekeza (more…)
“I may wish to be free from torture, but if the time comes for me to endure it, I’ll wish to bear it courageously with bravery and honor. Wouldn’t I prefer not to fall into war? But if war does befall me, I’ll wish to carry nobly the wounds, starvation, (more…)
Tatizo kubwa la watu wa kawaida, ambao ndiyo sehemu kubwa ya watu katika zama hizi, hawapo kwenye chochote wanachofanya. Watu hawa wanaangalia lakini hawaoni, Wanasikiliza lakini hawasikii, Wanakula lakini hawaipati ladha, Wanagusa lakini hawapati hisia, Wanavuta pumzi bila ya kusikia harufu, Wanatembea bila ya kuwa na uelewa wa hatua mwili (more…)
“For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.10.18 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri (more…)
“For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.10.18 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri (more…)
Ni kitu ambacho kiliondoka na vita kuu ya pili ya dunia. Katika zama tunazoishi sasa, hakuna unachoweza kujifunza mara moja na ukawa umeshajua kiasi cha kutosha na ukawa huhitaji kujifunza tena. Chochote unachojifunza leo, siku siyo nyingi zijazo kuna maarifa mapya yatakayotoka, ambayo yanafanya ulichojifunza leo kisiwe sahihi tena. Katika (more…)
“Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, for the crush wasn’t from outside me but in my own assumptions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.13 Siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni nafasi nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Kila mtu anapenda faida kubwa, anapenda matokeo mazuri na makubwa na anapenda kupata zaidi ya alivyozoea kupata. Lakini wengi wamekuwa wanatumia muda na nguvu zao kufikiria ile faida wanayopata pekee. Na hivyo mtu anapokuja kwao na mpango wa kupata faida zaidi, au wa kupata manufaa makubwa, huwa wanakimbilia kufanyia kazi (more…)