“When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.” —MARCUS AURELIUS Chagua aina ya maisha unayotaka kuyaishi na utaratibu wa kuyaishi maisha hayo, kisha ishi (more…)
Kila mmoja wetu ni kama amevaa miwani ya rangi ambayo anaitumia kuiangalia dunia. Kama umewahi kuvaa miwani yenye rangi, unajua kila unachoangalia kitakuwa na rangi ya miwani hiyo. Hivyo siyo kwamba vitu hivyo vimebadilika rangi, bali miwani imekufanya uvione kwa rangi hiyo. Kila mmoja wetu ana miwani anayoitumia kuiangalia dunia, (more…)
“In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his body a prey for worms, his fortune dark and his fame doubtful. In short, life is a brief sojourning in an alien land. And after this, oblivion.” – Marcus Aurelius Maisha yetu (more…)
Kuna biashara au kazi ambazo mtu unaweza kufanya kwa muda mfupi, ndani ya mwaka mmoja na kuachana nayo kwenda kwenye biashara nyingine. Biashara za aina hiyo huwa hazihitaji vigezo vingi, hapo unaangalia tu faida unayokwenda kupata. Halafu kuna biashara au kazi ambazo mtu unataka kufanya kwa muda mrefu, unapanga kufanya (more…)
“Tell me to what you pay attention, and I’ll tell you who you are.” – Ortega y Gasset Kile unachokipa umakini wako, ndiyo kinachokutengeneza. Hivyo ukitaka kujua utakuwa mtu wa aina gani, Angalia vitabu unavyosoma sasa, Angalia habari na mitandao unayofuatilia, Na angalia wale unaotumia nao muda wako mwingi. Sisi (more…)
Kuna vitu unaweza kufanya sasa na usione madhara yake, lakini baadaye vinakuja kuwa kikwazo kikubwa kwako. Hivyo kwa kila unachotaka kufanya, angalia kwanza mbeleni kitakuathiri kiasi gani, angalia miaka 10, 20 mpaka 50 ijayo kisha ona kitakuwa na athari gani. Mambo mengi yanayokukwamisha sasa, ni matokeo ya kile ulichofanya kipindi (more…)
The goodness which you do gives you pleasure, but not satisfaction. No matter how much goodness you do, you should wish to do more and more. —Confucius Unapotenda wema, tenda kwa sababu ndiyo asili yako na siyo kwa sababu kuna kitu unachotaka kufanya. Ukitenda wema kwa mategemeo ya kupata kitu (more…)
Watu wengi hawajafanikiwa na wengi zaidi hawatafanikiwa kwa sababu wanakosa viungo viwili muhimu sana kwenye mafanikio ya aina yoyote ile. Kiungo cha kwanza ni msimamo, kufanya jambo kwa kurudia rudia bila ya kuacha. Hili linaonekana wazi, ukiangalia waliofanikiwa, huwa wamefanya kitu hicho kwa muda mrefu. Lakini waangalie walioshindwa, katika (more…)
“No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tightfisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.” – Seneca. Ukikutana na mtu (more…)
Mtu mmoja amewahi kusema kwamba kitu pekee tunachojifunza kwenye historia ni kwamba hatujifunzi kupitia historia. Ukiangalia hapa duniani, mambo ni yale yale, yamekuwa yanakuja kwa njia tofauti. Hivyo kama tungekuwa tunajifunza kupitia historia, tungeepuka kurudia makosa yanayotugharimu. Lakini hatujifunzi kupitia historia, ndiyo maana tunarudia makosa yale yale na yanatugharimu sana. (more…)