Kuweza kupata chochote unachotaka ni kauli kubwa sana ambayo wachache sana wanaweza kuwa na imani nayo. Wengi wanaamini kuna ukomo ambao uko kwao, kwamba kuna vitu hawawezi kuvipata hata iweje. Lakini ukweli ni kwamba, kwa chochote unachojiambia huwezi kupata au kufikia, kuna mtu alianzia hapo ulipo wewe, na hata wakati (more…)
“Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.38 Tunapaswa kushukuru sana kwa nafasi hii nyingine ya kipekee tuliyoipata leo. Tumeiona siku hii siyo kwa nguvu au ujanja wetu, bali kwa bahati (more…)
Hivi ni vitu viwili ambavyo lazima uvifanye kila siku, hata kama hujisikii kufanya, hata kama huna muda wa kuvifanya, utatenga muda na kuvifanya. Kila siku. Lakini inapokuja kwenye mambo mengine muhimu sana ambayo tunapaswa kuyafanya kila siku, tunaanza kujipa sababu kwa nini hatuwezi kufanya kila siku. Chukulia kitu muhimu kama (more…)
“There are three areas in which the person who would be wise and good must be trained. The first has to do with desires and aversions—that a person may never miss the mark in desires nor fall into what repels them. The second has to do with impulses to act (more…)
Siku hizi watu wamekuwa wanashindwa kutatua matatizo yao binafsi kwa sababu tunaelekea kusahau kwamba matatizo haya ni muhimu kwa watu gani. Uwepo wa mitandao ya kijamii na urahisi wa mawasiliano umewafanya watu kukimbilia kutoa matatizo yao binafsi kwa wengine kuliko kukaa chini na kuyatatua. Mtu anakuwa na tatizo, badala ya (more…)
“Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire or any kind of disturbance—instead, seeing the true nature of things, I will give them only their due. Always remember this power that nature gave you.” (more…)
Hakuna kitu kinachowaumiza na kuwarudisha watu wengi nyuma kama dharau na matusi ya wengine. Pale ambapo mtu unajitahidi kufanya kitu kikubwa, lakini wale wanaokuzunguka wanakudharau na hata wakati mwingine kukutukana, inakuwa vigumu sana kwako kuendelea. Na pale unapokutana na ugumu kwenye kufanya au unaposhindwa, unakubaliana na wale waliokudharau na kukutukana. (more…)
“What’s left to be prized? This, I think—to limit our action or inaction to only what’s in keeping with the needs of our own preparation . . . it’s what the exertions of education and teaching are all about—here is the thing to be prized! If you hold this firmly, (more…)
Msisitizo mkubwa wa zama hizi ni kufanya vitu rahisi, kutokujiumiza na kujichosha na kutafuta njia za mkato za kupata kile ambacho mtu anataka. Njia nyingi katika hizi siyo sahihi, huwa zinaleta matokeo kidogo ya haraka lakini baadaye zinakuwa mzigo. Lakini hilo ni tatizo moja, lipo tatizo jingine kubwa zaidi ya (more…)
“From Rusticus . . . I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 1.7.3 Tunayo siku nyingine nzuri na ya kipekee sana mbele (more…)