Zamani, wakati hakukuwa na fursa rahisi za kujifunza na kupata maarifa na taarifa, walioweza kukariri vitu vingi ndiyo walionekana kuwa na akili. Na ndiyo maana mfumo mzima wa elimu umejengwa kwenye kukariri, kwamba yule anayeweza kukariri kwa wingi na kujibu maswali ya mtihani ndiye aliyefaulu. Hili lilikuwa na mantiki kwa (more…)
“But there is no reason to live and no limit to our miseries if we let our fears predominate.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 13.12b Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nzuri sana ambayo tumeiona leo. Ni nafasi mpya na ya kipekee kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
Leo hii ukapewa nafasi ya kuwa na mazungumzo ya dakika kumi na raisi wa nchi, zitakuwa ni dakika kumi ambazo utaziwekeza kwenye mazungumzo hayo. Hutatumia muda huo kuangalia simu yako, au kuangalia nini kinaendelea kwenye mitandao. Hata kama utaruhusiwa kuwa na simu, lakini hata ikiita, utaipuuza, hutataka hata kujua nani (more…)
“No one is crushed by Fortune, unless they are first deceived by her . . . those who aren’t pompous in good times, don’t have their bubbles burst with change. Against either circumstance, the stable person keeps their rational soul invincible, for it’s precisely in the good times they prove (more…)
Kulijua tatizo kwa undani ni nusu ya kulitatua. Watu wengi wanateseka na matatizo kwa sababu hawajatumia muda wao kuyajua kwa undani. Hivyo wanayaparamia, na kila hatua wanayochukua inazidi kufanya tatizo kuwa kubwa zaidi kuliko kulitatua. Hivyo unapojikuta kwenye tatizo, hatua ya kwanza kabisa ni kujua kwanza chanzo kikuu cha tatizo (more…)
“Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reasoned choice, which oversees all other things, and is free from any other master.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.10.1 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi hii nyingine nzuri sana kwetu (more…)
Watu hawapendi upweke, hawapendi kuwa upande wao peke yao, wanapenda kuwa kwenye kundi kubwa, kwa namna wanavyofikiri na kufanya maamuzi. Hii ndiyo sababu dini, jumuia mbalimbali, vyama vya siasa na hata timu za michezo huwa zinapata wafuasi, hata kama zinaonekana ni za hovyo kiasi gani. Watu wanapenda sana kuamini kwenye (more…)
“You can bind up my leg, but not even Zeus has the power to break my freedom of choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.1.23 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana tuliyonayo leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
Msimamo wetu kwenye kisima cha maarifa ni KAZI, UPENDO NA HUDUMA. Kwamba chochote tunachofanya, tunapaswa kukifanya kwa kutoa huduma bora kwa wengine, kukipenda na kuwapenda wale ambao tunawahudumia. Tukifuata msimamo huu, tutaweza kupiga hatua kubwa kwenye maisha yetu. Kuna huduma iliyo kuu, huduma ambayo ukiitoa unaongeza thamani kubwa kwa wengine (more…)
“Remember, then, if you deem what is by nature slavish to be free, and what is not your own to be yours, you will be shackled and miserable, blaming both gods and other people. But if you deem as your own only what is yours, and what belongs to others (more…)