“Don’t lament this and don’t get agitated.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.43 Sisi ni nani mpaka tustahili kuiona siku hii ya leo? Tukiwaangalia wale ambao walikuwa na mipango mikubwa kwa siku hii ila hawajaifikia, ndiyo tunagundua kwamba tuna bahati ya kipekee kuiona siku hii. Siyo kwa nguvu zetu wala ujanja wetu, (more…)
Mtu mmoja amewahi kusema kwamba sehemu pekee ambapo mafanikio yanapatikana bila ya kuweka kazi ni kwenye kamusi. Kuna neno hulijui, unafungua kamusi na jibu unalipata mara moja, hakuna haja ya kusumbuka. Vitu vingine vyote vinahitaji kazi kabla hujapata matokeo unayotaka. Kwenye zama tunazoishi sasa, kumekuja kitu kingine cha kushangaza. Kitu (more…)
“If someone is slipping up, kindly correct them and point out what they missed. But if you can’t, blame yourself—or no one.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.4 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kushukuru sana. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Tunapoyaangalia mafanikio ya wengine, huwa tunaona vitu vikubwa sana ambavyo wamevifanya, na hilo linatukatisha tamaa na kuona kwamba hatuwezi kuwafikia. Kwa mfano wewe unapenda kuwa mwandishi, unamwangalia mtu unayevutiwa kupitia uandishi wake na unakuta ameandika vitabu zaidi ya kumi, tenda ndani ya miaka michache, wewe ukifikiria tu kuandika kitabu kimoja (more…)
“How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kupata (more…)
Kila kitu kina ugumu ndani yake, Hata kama kwa nje vitu vinaonekana rahisi kiasi gani, jua kwa ndani mambo siyo rahisi kihivyo. Hata kama watu wanakushawishi kwamba mambo ni rahisi, usiingie kirahisi kwenye ushawishi wao. Jambo lolote lenye manufaa na maslahi mapana kwa wengi, lina ugumu ndani yake. Jambo lolote (more…)
“We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.15 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi bora kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
Kuna hatua moja ambayo inaweza kuibadili biashara yoyote ile. Hatua hiyo ni kuongeza wateja zaidi kwenye biashara hiyo. Kila biashara ina ukomo wake kwenye wateja, kuna watu ambao wangeweza kunufaika na biashara hiyo, lakini hawajui uwepo wa biashara hiyo. Hivyo kama biashara itawekeza kwenye masoko, ikaweza kuwafikia wateja wengi zaidi (more…)
“As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms the body, whereas luxury destroys both the body and the soul, causing weakness and incapacity in the body, and lack of control and cowardice in the soul. What’s more, luxury breeds injustice because (more…)
Umeambiwa kuna tamthilia nzuri imetoka, kila mtu anaisifia, unapata shauku ya kwenda kuiangalia. Unakwenda kuiangalia, na hivi ndivyo inavyokwenda. Mwigizaji mkuu kwenye tamthilia hiyo, anazaliwa kwenye maisha ya utajiri, anasoma shule nzuri na kufaulu vizuri, anapata kazi nzuri, anakuwa na mke na familia nzuri anaishi maisha yake vizuri na kisha (more…)