“If you’ve seen the present, you’ve seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eternity. For everything that happens is related and the same.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.37 Tushukuru na kufurahi kwa kuiona siku hii mpya. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Watoto na wanyama wanafanana kwa kitu kimoja, huwa wanachukua hatua kutokana na hisia ambazo wanazo kwa wakati huo. Ndiyo maana tunaweza kuwatega na kuwakamata wanyama. Pia ndiyo maana ni rahisi kuwalaghai watoto. Lakini watu wazima wanaofikiri kwa usahihi, huwa wanatenda na kisha kutengeneza hisia kutokana na matendo yao. Hawaanzi na (more…)
“For any challenge we should hold three thoughts at our command: ‘Lead on God and Destiny, To that Goal fixed for me long ago. I will follow and not stumble; even if my will is weak I will soldier on.’” —CLEANTHES Tumepata bahati nyingine nzuri ya kuiona siku hii mpya (more…)
Kila kitu kinachotokea kwenye maisha yako, kuna manufaa ambayo yapo ndani ya kitu hicho. Hata kama ni kitu unachoona ni kibaya au kigumu. Ugumu au changamoto unayopitia sasa, ina manufaa ndani yake, unaweza usione hilo wazi, lakini kwa kupitia ugumu au changamoto hiyo, unaweza kujiepusha na mambo mengine makubwa zaidi. (more…)
“Our rational nature moves freely forward in its impressions when it: 1) accepts nothing false or uncertain; 2) directs its impulses only to acts for the common good; 3) limits its desires and aversions only to what’s in its own power; 4) embraces everything nature assigns it.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, (more…)
Watu waliofanikiwa wanatumia vitu, watu walioshindwa wanatumiwa na vitu. Ni tofauti moja ndogo sana lakini yenye madhara makubwa kwenye maisha ya mtu. Watu waliofanikiwa wanatumia fedha kufanya yale muhimu na hivyo kuweza kufanikiwa zaidi na kutengeneza maana kwenye maisha yao. Wakati wale walioshindwa wanatumiwa na fedha, wakiwa nazo wanajikuta wanafanya (more…)
“When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of many. Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 103.4b–5a Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa nafasi hii nyingine nzuri tuliyoiona leo. (more…)
Msaada ni moja ya njia ambazo tunaweza kuzitumia kuboresha mahusiano yetu na watu wengine. Pale unapotoa msaada kwa wengine unaonesha kwamba unawajali, upo tayari kuwasaidia pale wanapokwama. Pale unapoomba msaada kwa wengine unaonesha kwamba unawaamini, upo tayari kujiweka kwenye mikono yao pale unapokwama. Ili mahusiano yawe bora, lazima yawe na (more…)
“Hecato says, ‘cease to hope and you will cease to fear.’ . . . The primary cause of both these ills is that instead of adapting ourselves to present circumstances we send out thoughts too far ahead.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.7b–8 Kuiona siku hii nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya (more…)
Kila mtu huwa anashindwa kwenye maisha, kwenye vitu fulani anavyofanya. Hata kama mtu ana mafanikio au mamlaka kiasi gani, kuna mambo mengi anaweza kupanga na yasitokee kama alivyopanga, licha ya kuweka kila juhudi anayopaswa kuweka. Hivyo swali la wewe siyo kujiuliza kama utashindwa au la, bali kujiuliza umefanya nini baada (more…)