“Don’t lament this and don’t get agitated.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.43 Sisi ni nani mpaka tustahili kuiona siku hii ya leo? Tukiwaangalia wale ambao walikuwa na mipango mikubwa kwa siku hii ila hawajaifikia, ndiyo tunagundua kwamba tuna bahati ya kipekee kuiona siku hii. Siyo kwa nguvu zetu wala ujanja wetu, (more…)
“If someone is slipping up, kindly correct them and point out what they missed. But if you can’t, blame yourself—or no one.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.4 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kushukuru sana. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
“How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kupata (more…)
“We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.15 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi bora kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
“As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms the body, whereas luxury destroys both the body and the soul, causing weakness and incapacity in the body, and lack of control and cowardice in the soul. What’s more, luxury breeds injustice because (more…)
“Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and won’t be troubled. So too, whenever you kiss your child, sibling, or friend, don’t layer on top of the experience (more…)
“In short, you must remember this—that if you hold anything dear outside of your own reasoned choice, you will have destroyed your capacity for choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.4.23 Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa mimi na wewe kuweza kuiona siku hii nyingine mpya ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya (more…)
“Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures.” —SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 5.3 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi hii nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. (more…)
“A good isn’t increased by the addition of time, but if one is wise for even a moment, they will be no less happy than the person who exercises virtue for all time and happily passes their life in it.” —CHRYSIPPUS Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee (more…)
“A good isn’t increased by the addition of time, but if one is wise for even a moment, they will be no less happy than the person who exercises virtue for all time and happily passes their life in it.” —CHRYSIPPUS Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee (more…)