“One has to kill a few of one’s natural selves to let the rest grow — a very painful slaughter of innocents.” – Henry Sidwick Kila mkulima anajua jambo hili muhimu sana, Kama amepanda mazao yake, kisha yanapoota anakuja kukuta shina moja lina miche mingi, Hafurahii kwamba shins hilo litazaa (more…)
Wakati tunasoma, somo la hisabati lilikuwa linaonekana ni somo gumu kwa wanafunzi walio wengi. Hivyo wale ambao walikuwa wanaliweza somo hilo walionekana kuwa na kipaji. Kulikuwa na kauli kabisa kwamba ‘hesabu ni kipaji’ Kwenye mafanikio pia, wapo wengi wanaoamini kwamba mafanikio yanahitaji mtu uwe na kipaji fulani. Na hapo wanatumia (more…)
“One man keeps silence, and people discuss him. Another speaks a lot, and people discuss him. A third speaks a little, and people discuss him. There is no such thing as a person who is not being discussed or scolded.” — DHAMMAPADA Kwa chochote unachofanya, watu watakuwa na cha kusema. (more…)
Hakuna mtu ambaye kila kitu kinaenda kama alivyopanga kwenye maisha yake. Lakini wapo watu wanaoendelea kufanikiwa licha ya kukutana na vikwazo vingi, huku wengine wakishindwa kwa vikwazo hivyo hivyo. Wale wanaofanikiwa ni wenye mtazamo wa kutoruhusu chochote kiwe kikwazo kwa safari yao. Wanachukulia safari ya mafanikio kama mchezo au onesho (more…)
“Whenever you ask whether you should behave in this way or the other, ask yourself, what would you do if you knew that you could die this evening, and nobody would find out about your action? Death spurs people to finish their affairs; among all actions, there is only one (more…)
Upo usemi kwamba tatizo la mbio za panya ni kwamba hata ukishinda, unabaki kuwa panya. Ni usemi unaohusu zaidi eneo la fedha, hasa pale unapoishi maisha ya mashindano, kwamba hata ukiwashinda wengine, bado unaishia kuwa kama wao. Leo nataka tupeleke usemi huo kwenye eneo jingine la maisha yetu, eneo ambalo (more…)
“Remember that you are more free if you change your opinion and follow those who have corrected your mistakes, than if you are stubborn about your mistakes.” — MARCUS AURELIUS Kama watu wamekuonesha kile unachofanya siyo sahihi, ni vyema kubadili na kufanya kilicho sahihi badala ya kuendelea kung’ang’ana na kitu (more…)
Kila mtu ana maoni kwenye jambo lolote lile, hata lile ambalo mtu hana utaalamu nalo wala halijui kwa undani. Kwa kusikia tu kutoka kwa wengine, tayari na yeye anaweza kutengeneza maoni yake. Wewe mwenyewe una maoni ya kila aina na kwa kila eneo, hata maeneo ambayo huna utaalamu wala uelewa (more…)
“There is only one real knowledge: that which helps us to be free. Every other type of knowledge is mere amusement.” — VISHNU PURANA, INDIAN WISDOM Maarifa ya kweli na sahihi kwako ni yale yanayokusaidia uwe huru zaidi. Mengine nje ya hapo ni ya kujiburudisha tu. Lengo kuu ni kuwa (more…)
Ulipata kazi ya kwanza, ikawa hailipi vizuri, ukaicha. Ukapata nyingine, bosi akawa anakunyanyasa, ukaiacha pia. Ukapata nyingine, hiyo ukawa huelewi na wafanyakazi wengine, nayo ukaiacha pia. Na bado unalalamika kwamba hupati kazi nzuri. Hushtuki tu? Umepata mwenza wa kwanza, tabia mkawa hamuendani, mkaachana, ukapata wa pili, tena mkashindwa kuelewana, ukapata (more…)