“Some people with exceptional minds quickly grasp virtue, or produce it within themselves. But other dim and lazy types, hindered by bad habits, must have their rusty souls constantly scrubbed down. . . . The weaker sorts will be helped and lifted from their bad opinions if we put them (more…)
Kabla ya kuja kwa mitandao ya kijamii, ilikuwa rahisi sana kuwaamini watu kwenye kile wanachotuambia. Tumekuwa tunaona mambo kwa nje na kuamini ndani pia mambo ni mazuri kama yanavyoonekana nje. Lakini ukuaji wa mitandao ya kijamii imefanya tuone kitu cha tofauti kabisa. Watu ambao tunayajua maisha yao kwa uhalisia, wanapoweka (more…)
“Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that’s on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgment at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.22 Kuiona siku hii nzuri sana ya leo (more…)
Kuna saa inauzwa shilingi elfu moja, nyingine inauzwa shilingi laki moja na nyingine inauzwa shilingi milioni moja. Swali ni je kati ya saa hizo tatu, ni ipo inatoa majira sahihi ya muda? Jibu ni zote zinatoa majira sahihi ya muda, bila ya kujali inauzwa kwa bei gani. Sasa swali linakuja, (more…)
Ni kukazana kuwa bora zaidi leo kuliko ulivyokuwa jana. Hii ndiyo kazi yako kuu, ambayo ukiipa kipaumbele sahihi utaweza kupiga hatua kubwa sana kwenye maisha yako. Na utaweza kuwa bora zaidi leo kuliko jana kama utaitumia siku ya leo kujifunza vitu vipya na kuchukua hatua mpya kwenye maisha yako. Kisha (more…)
“The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.6 “How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best (more…)
Jifunze kujitofautisha wewe na kazi yako, kwa sababu hivyo ni vitu viwili tofauti kabisa. Wewe ni tofauti kabisa na kile unachofanya, japo mna uhusiano wa karibu. Kuweza kufanya hili, kunakusaidia sana kuwa na maisha tulivu na yasiyoyumbishwa kwa namna yoyote ile. Kwa mfano pale unapomwelezea mteja kuhusu kile unachofanya kwa (more…)
“Hecato says, ‘I can teach you a love potion made without any drugs, herbs, or special spell—if you would be loved, love.’” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 9.6 Kuiona siku hii nyingine mpya na nzuri sana ya leo, ni bahati ya kipekee sana kwetu. Siyo kww nguvu wala ujanja wa yeyote, bali (more…)
Kwenye hesabu, msingi mkuu kabisa ambao kila mtu anapaswa kuujua ni MAGAZIJUTO. Magazijuto ni kifupi cha MAbano, GAwanya, ZIdisha, JUmlisha na TOa. Ukijua msingi huu unaziweza hesabu zote muhimu na kuweza kuyaendesha maisha yako vizuri. Kwa msingi huo huo wa hesabu, tunaweza kupata msingi muhimu wa kuyaendesha maisha yetu, ambao (more…)
“How rotten and fraudulent when people say they intend to ‘give it to you straight.’ What are you up to, dear friend? It shouldn’t need your announcement, but be readily seen, as if written on your forehead, heard in the ring of your voice, a flash in your eyes—just as (more…)