“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…)
Tone moja la maji halina madhara yoyote kwenye kitu chochote kile. Lakini tone hilo moja linapojirudia kwa muda mrefu kwenye eneo moja, lina nguvu kubwa ya kuleta mabadiliko makubwa. Tone hilo likijirudia kwa muda mrefu kwenye eneo moja linaweza kuvunja mwamba mkubwa na mgumu. Hivyo pia ndivyo ilivyo kwa nguvu (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…)
Nimekuwa nasema kama huna njia bora ya kujifunza kanuni za mafanikio, kama huna watu wazuri unaoweza kuwaiga na wakawa mamenta kwako, basi una mwalimu mzuri ambaye uko naye popote pale ulipo. Mwalimu huyo ni asili, huyu ni mwalimu mzuri sana kwako kujifunza kanuni za mafanikio, na ukiweza kuzifuata kama asili (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…)
“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…)
Watu wote wanaojaribu kitu mara moja kisha wanaacha kwa sababu hawajapata matokeo waliyotegemea kupata wamekuwa wanajidanganya. Anza na wewe mwenyewe, je umewahi kununua kitu baada ya kukutana nacho kwa mara ya kwanza? Umewahi kumwamini mtu kwa mara ya kwanza anakuambia kitu? Majibu ni hapana, inakuchukua muda mpaka umwamini na kumwelewa (more…)
“If you’ve seen the present, you’ve seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eternity. For everything that happens is related and the same.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.37 Tushukuru na kufurahi kwa kuiona siku hii mpya. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Watoto na wanyama wanafanana kwa kitu kimoja, huwa wanachukua hatua kutokana na hisia ambazo wanazo kwa wakati huo. Ndiyo maana tunaweza kuwatega na kuwakamata wanyama. Pia ndiyo maana ni rahisi kuwalaghai watoto. Lakini watu wazima wanaofikiri kwa usahihi, huwa wanatenda na kisha kutengeneza hisia kutokana na matendo yao. Hawaanzi na (more…)