“This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and a well-flowing life—when the affairs of life are in every way tuned to the harmony between the individual divine spirit and the will of the director of the universe.” —CHRYSIPPUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES (more…)
Watu wengine wanapokuwa na matatizo ni rahisi kuwafariji na kuwashauri kwamba wasijali mambo yatakwenda vizuri. Ila sisi wenyewe tunavyokuwa na tatizo kama hilo hilo, huwa tunaona kwetu ni la tofauti na hivyo ushauri kama ambao tulikuwa tunawapa wenzetu kwetu haufai. Hiyo ni kujidanganya. Hakuna tatizo jipya hapa duniani, matatizo ni (more…)
“There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in persisting in a new state.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.42 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi nyingine ya kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni (more…)
Tunapoona watu wengine wanapiga hatua kubwa kuliko sisi, huwa tunakimbilia kujiambia kwamba watu hao wana bahati au wamekutana na upendeleo fulani ambao sisi hatujakutana nao. Haya ni majibu ya kujifariji, pale ambapo wengine wanapiga hatua na sisi hatupigi. Wakati mwingine tunakuwa watu wa kwanza kukosoa hatua wanazopiga wengine, japo ni (more…)
“Just as we commonly hear people say the doctor prescribed someone particular riding exercises, or ice baths, or walking without shoes, we should in the same way say that nature prescribed someone to be diseased, or disabled, or to suffer any kind of impairment. In the case of the doctor, (more…)
Mtu mmoja mwenye busara amewahi kusema maneno haya; “katika watu 100 wanaoweza kuongea, ni mmoja pekee anayeweza kufikiri, katika watu 1000 wanaoweza kufikiri, ni mmoja pekee anayeweza kuona”. Ni kauli ngumu na tata ambayo huwezi kuielewa kwa sababu ya alichokieleza mtu huyo. Kwa kifupi ni kwamba kila mtu anaweza kuongea, (more…)
“But I haven’t at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. And how is this possible? I have bound up my choice to act with the will of God. God wills that I be sick, such is my will. He wills that I should choose something, (more…)
Maisha ni magumu, lakini kuna wakati huwa tunayafanya yawe magumu kuliko yanavyopaswa kuwa. Na tumekuwa tunafanya hivyo kupitia kujibebesha mizigo isiyo kuwa na maana wala manufaa yoyote kwetu. Kwa asili, kitu chochote kisichokuwa na matumizi kwenye mwili huwa kinaondolewa. Ndiyo maana utakula chakula ambacho ni kitabu mno, ambacho huenda umekigharamia (more…)
“Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 8 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ambayo tumeiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka (more…)
Wazo bora ni kama mvinyo, kadiri muda unavyokwenda, ndivyo mvinyo unavyokomaa na kuwa bora zaidi. Wazo bora pia ni kama uwekezaji, kadiri muda unavyokwenda ndivyo uwekezaji unakua thamani. Usitegemee kupata wazo siku moja, kuchukua hatua halafu kupata matokeo makubwa unayotarajia. Mafanikio huwa hayaendi hivyo. Unapata wazo ambalo unaamini ni bora (more…)