“Philosophy does not claim to get a person any external possession. To do so would be beyond its field. As wood is to the carpenter, bronze to the sculptor, so our own lives are the proper material in the art of living.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.15.2 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku (more…)
Matumaini ni mtego ambao umetumika kuwanasa watu wengi sana. Tunajikuta tunakuwa tegemezi kwa wengine kwa matumaini hewa wanayotupa, ambapo hakuna namna matumaini hayo yanaweza kufikiwa. Wanasiasa wanatupa matumaini, kwamba tukiwachagua maisha yetu yatakuwa mazuri, kila tunachotaka tunakipata, tunawaamini na kuwategemea. Wanapopata nafasi hadithi yao inabadilika, yale matumaini waliyotupa kwamba watayafanya (more…)
“Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.11.1 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii mpya tuliyoiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni (more…)
Dunia haijali kuhusu maono na malengo uliyonayo kwenye maisha yake. Dunia inajali mambo yake na wale wanaokuzunguka nao wanajali mambo yao. Wewe peke yako ndiye unayeweza kujali kuhusu maono yako na malengo yako. Na kwa bahati mbaya sana, wewe mwenyewe kuna wakati unaacha kujali kuhusu maono yako na malengo yako. (more…)
“Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. . . . The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 101.7b–8a (more…)
Kadiri maendeleo yanavyotokea kwenye sayansi na teknolojia, ndiyo mfumo wa elimu unavyozidi kuachwa nyuma. Mfumo huu wa elimu unaotumika sasa, umeweka mkazo mkubwa kwenye kukariri yale ambayo mtu anapaswa kuyajua na ambayo atakwenda kuyatumia kwenye kazi zake. Hili lilikuwa muhimu kipindi cha nyuma, ambapo haikuwa rahisi kupata maarifa na taarifa (more…)
“The person who follows reason in all things will have both leisure and a readiness to act—they are at once both cheerful and self-composed.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.12b Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi (more…)
Watu wanaweza wasikuambie, lakini tayari wameshakuweka kwenye viwango vyao wenyewe kupitia kile unachokifanya. Iwe ni kazi au biashara, wale wanaohusika na wewe moja kwa moja wameshakuweka kwenye viwango na kupitia matokeo unayotoa, mtu anaweza kujua kabisa ni wewe umefanya kitu hata kama haupo. Hivyo kuwa makini sana na kila unachofanya, (more…)
“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…)
Mtu mmoja amewahi kusema kwamba sehemu pekee ambapo mafanikio yanapatikana bila ya kuweka kazi ni kwenye kamusi. Kuna neno hulijui, unafungua kamusi na jibu unalipata mara moja, hakuna haja ya kusumbuka. Vitu vingine vyote vinahitaji kazi kabla hujapata matokeo unayotaka. Kwenye zama tunazoishi sasa, kumekuja kitu kingine cha kushangaza. Kitu (more…)