Huwa tunakuana na fursa mbalimbali kwenye maisha yetu. Ili kuchagua ni fursa ipi mtu utaifanyia kazi, watu wamekuwa na vigezo mbalimbali wanavyotumia. Na wengi hutumia kigezo cha malipo, huwa wanachagua ile fursa ambayo inawalipa zaidi, kitu ambacho siyo kibaya kwa sababu nani asiyependa fedha? Lakini katika kuchagua kile kinacholipa zaidi, (more…)
“Anything that must yet be done, virtue can do with courage and promptness. For anyone would call it a sign of foolishness for one to undertake a task with a lazy and begrudging spirit, or to push the body in one direction and the mind in another, to be torn (more…)
Unaweza kuwa unakazana sana kuwasaidia watu, lakini huoni matokeo mazuri. Hilo linaweza kukushangaza usielewe kwa nini mtu apinge msaada ambao unampa kwa kujitoa zaidi wewe. Unachopaswa kujua ni kwamba kuna watu ambao hawasaidiki, hata ufanye nini. Hivyo ni muhimu kuwajua mapema kabla hujapoteza muda, nguvu na hata fedha zako kuwasaidia (more…)
“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 123.3 Ni siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi (more…)
Ukiona mtu aliyepiga hatua kuliko wewe anafanya kitu kwa kukirudia rudia, jua kina manufaa fulani kwake. Hata kama hukubaliani na mtu huyo au kile anachofanya, jua kabisa kile anachofanya siyo kitu cha kijinga. Kina manufaa fulani ndiyo maana anakifanya. Na wewe unaweza kujifunza na ukakifanya pia, au ukakifanya kwa ubora (more…)
“The founder of the universe, who assigned to us the laws of life, provided that we should live well, but not in luxury. Everything needed for our well-being is right before us, whereas what luxury requires is gathered by many miseries and anxieties. Let us use this gift of nature (more…)
Kushindwa hakutokei mara moja, siyo ajali. Kushindwa ni matokeo ya tabia ambazo mtu anakuwa amejijengea na kuzirudia rudia kwa muda mrefu. Hakuna mtu anaamka siku moja na kujikuta kwenye madeni makubwa, bali ni tabia ambayo inatengenezwa kidogo kidogo na baadaye inakuwa kubwa. Hakuna mtu anaamka siku moja na kujikuta ana (more…)
“Heraclitus would shed tears whenever he went out in public—Democritus laughed. One saw the whole as a parade of miseries, the other of follies. And so, we should take a lighter view of things and bear them with an easy spirit, for it is more human to laugh at life (more…)
Siku hizi kila mtu anataka kuwa maarufu. Na umaarufu wenyewe sasa unachekesha sana. Kwa sababu ni umaarufu hewa, umaarufu ambao hauna msingi, umaarufu ambao upepo ukivuma tofauti basi unapotezwa kabisa. Tunapenda umaarufu kwa sababu tunajua utatupa ‘koneksheni’, utatufungulia baadhi ya milango kwa sababu unapokuwa unajulikana ni rahisi kupata baadhi ya (more…)
“I was shipwrecked before I even boarded . . . the journey showed me this—how much of what we have is unnecessary, and how easily we can decide to rid ourselves of these things whenever it’s necessary, never suffering the loss.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 87.1 Tumeiona siku hii ya leo (more…)