“Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that’s on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgment at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.22 Kuiona siku hii nzuri sana ya leo (more…)
Kuna saa inauzwa shilingi elfu moja, nyingine inauzwa shilingi laki moja na nyingine inauzwa shilingi milioni moja. Swali ni je kati ya saa hizo tatu, ni ipo inatoa majira sahihi ya muda? Jibu ni zote zinatoa majira sahihi ya muda, bila ya kujali inauzwa kwa bei gani. Sasa swali linakuja, (more…)
Ni kukazana kuwa bora zaidi leo kuliko ulivyokuwa jana. Hii ndiyo kazi yako kuu, ambayo ukiipa kipaumbele sahihi utaweza kupiga hatua kubwa sana kwenye maisha yako. Na utaweza kuwa bora zaidi leo kuliko jana kama utaitumia siku ya leo kujifunza vitu vipya na kuchukua hatua mpya kwenye maisha yako. Kisha (more…)
“The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.6 “How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best (more…)
Jifunze kujitofautisha wewe na kazi yako, kwa sababu hivyo ni vitu viwili tofauti kabisa. Wewe ni tofauti kabisa na kile unachofanya, japo mna uhusiano wa karibu. Kuweza kufanya hili, kunakusaidia sana kuwa na maisha tulivu na yasiyoyumbishwa kwa namna yoyote ile. Kwa mfano pale unapomwelezea mteja kuhusu kile unachofanya kwa (more…)
“Hecato says, ‘I can teach you a love potion made without any drugs, herbs, or special spell—if you would be loved, love.’” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 9.6 Kuiona siku hii nyingine mpya na nzuri sana ya leo, ni bahati ya kipekee sana kwetu. Siyo kww nguvu wala ujanja wa yeyote, bali (more…)
Kwenye hesabu, msingi mkuu kabisa ambao kila mtu anapaswa kuujua ni MAGAZIJUTO. Magazijuto ni kifupi cha MAbano, GAwanya, ZIdisha, JUmlisha na TOa. Ukijua msingi huu unaziweza hesabu zote muhimu na kuweza kuyaendesha maisha yako vizuri. Kwa msingi huo huo wa hesabu, tunaweza kupata msingi muhimu wa kuyaendesha maisha yetu, ambao (more…)
“How rotten and fraudulent when people say they intend to ‘give it to you straight.’ What are you up to, dear friend? It shouldn’t need your announcement, but be readily seen, as if written on your forehead, heard in the ring of your voice, a flash in your eyes—just as (more…)
Chukua mfano uko barabarani, eneo la wavuka kwa miguu, hilo ni eneo kabisa ambalo limetengwa kwa ajili ya wanaotembea kwa miguu. Taa imewaka kuwaruhusu wanaotembea kwa miguu wavuke, na hivyo magari yasimame. Wewe unaanza kuvuka, ghafla inakuja gari na haisimami kama inavyopaswa, inaendelea kuja. Je hapo unafanya nini? Utaendelea kuvuka (more…)
“Leave the past behind, let the grand design take care of the future, and instead only rightly guide the present to reverence and justice. Reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for nature brought you both to each other. Justice so that you’ll speak the truth freely and (more…)