Uhuru kamili kwenye maisha unakuja pale unapoweza kuachilia, lakini ni vigumu kuachilia, ndiyo maana wengi hawapo huru, wengi wanazama na yale wanayoshikilia. Chukulia maisha kama mfano wa kuogelea kwenye maji, unapokuwa kwenye maji, ili uweze kuogelea huyashikilii maji, badala yake unayaachia na kujiachilia kwenye maji, na hilo ndiyo linakuwezesha kuelea (more…)
“Above all, keep a close watch on this—that you are never so tied to your former acquaintances and friends that you are pulled down to their level. If you don’t, you’ll be ruined. . . . You must choose whether to be loved by these friends and remain the same (more…)
Huwa tunapenda sana kufuatilia hadithi za mafanikio ya wengine. Zinatupa hamasa na matumaini makubwa kwamba kama wengine wameweza na sisi tunaweza pia. Na tunapoangalia kwamba walianzia chini kuliko sisi, na wakapitia magumu kuliko sisi, basi tunakuwa hatuna sababu kwa nini na sisi tusifanikiwe kama wao. Na hili limefanya hadithi za (more…)
“If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may abuse you, leaving it disturbed and troubled—have you no shame in that?” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 28 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri (more…)
Kama hutafanya mabadiliko sasa kwenye maisha yako, hutafanya mabadiliko kabisa kwenye maisha yako. Najua ni rahisi kwako kusema nitaanza kesho, nitaanza nikiwa tayari au nitaanza nikishamaliza kitu fulani. Zote hizo ni njia za kujidanganya, usiukabili ukweli kwamba huwezi au hutaki kuanza, unatafuta sababu ambazo hazitakuumiza wewe. Lakini ukweli unabaki wazi (more…)
“Heraclitus called self-deception an awful disease and eyesight a lying sense.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9.7 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni fursa nyingine nzuri kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata katokeo ya tofauti kwetu. Kwa msingi wetu wa NIDHAMU, (more…)
Lipo neno ambalo ni rahisi sana kutamka, lakini lina madhara makubwa sana kwa wengi. Neno hilo ni HAIWEZEKANI. Ni rahisi sana kutumia neno hili pale tunapoweka mipango mbalimbali lakini katika utekelezaji tunakutana na vikwazo au changamoto. Pia ni rahisi kutumia neno hili pale tunapowaangalia wengine ambao wamejaribu wakashindwa. Rafiki, hakuna (more…)
“In public avoid talking often and excessively about your accomplishments and dangers, for however much you enjoy recounting your dangers, it’s not so pleasant for others to hear about your affairs.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 33.14 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya (more…)
Lengo kuu la kila mtu kwenye maisha ni kuwa na furaha. Kila tunachofanya ni kwa mategemeo ya kuwa na furaha zaidi. Hakuna mtu anayeamka asubuhi na kusema leo nataka nikawe na siku ya hovyo kabisa. Kila mtu anategemea kuwa na siku nzuri na yenye furaha. Hata wanaofanya uhalifu kama kuiba (more…)
“So, concerning the things we pursue, and for which we vigorously exert ourselves, we owe this consideration—either there is nothing useful in them, or most aren’t useful. Some of them are superfluous, while others aren’t worth that much. But we don’t discern this and see them as free, when they (more…)