Kila sheria unayofuata kwenye maisha yako inapunguza uhuru wako. Hivyo kama unafuata kila sheria unayowekewa na wengine, huwezi kuwa huru na maisha yako. Jamii zina sheria nyingi sana, sheria ambazo hazina hata mantiki yeyote. Swali muhimu kujiuliza kabla hujafuata sheria yoyote unayowekewa ni watu gani walioweka hizo sheria? Je sheria (more…)
“Turn it inside out and see what it is like—what it becomes like when old, sick, or prostituting itself. How short-lived the praiser and praised, the one who remembers and the remembered. Remembered in some corner of these parts, and even there not in the same way by all, or (more…)
Ubongo wetu unapenda sana uhakika, wa mambo tuliyonayo sasa na hata yatakayotokea baadaye. Na hapa ndipo huwa tunapenda kutabiri mambo yatakayotokea baadaye. Kwa utabiri huu, tunajipa uhakika sasa, lakini tunajiweka kwenye nafasi ya kuumia zaidi baadaye. Kwa sababu wote tunajua ya kwamba hakuna utabiri wowote wenye uhakika wa asilimia 100. (more…)
“When your sparring partner scratches or head-butts you, you don’t then make a show of it, or protest, or view him with suspicion or as plotting against you. And yet you keep an eye on him, not as an enemy or with suspicion, but with a healthy avoidance. You should (more…)
Hitaji kuu la kila mtu ni furaha, hili ni hitaji la ndani kabisa la kila binadamu. Kila tunachofanya tunasukumwa na vitu viwili, kupata kile tunachotaka, ambacho ni furaha au kuepuka tusichotaka ambacho ni maumivu. Hakuna mtu mwenye akili timamu, anayefanya jambo la kumuumiza yeye mwenyewe kwa makusudi. Hata pale watu (more…)
“If anyone can prove and show to me that I think and act in error, I will gladly change it—for I seek the truth, by which no one has ever been harmed. The one who is harmed is the one who abides in deceit and ignorance.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.21 (more…)
Inapokuja kwenye utajiri, wengi huwa na sababu nyingi kwa nini hawajaweza kuufikia utajiri. Wengi husema wamejaribu sana lakini siyo bahati yao. Wengine hutoa lawama kwa wazazi kwa kutowapa misingi sahihi au elimu bora. Wengine hulaumu uongozi na hata mazingira au hali ya hewa kuwarudisha nyuma. Na wapo ambao husingizia majukumu (more…)
“Just as when meat or other foods are set before us we think, this is a dead fish, a dead bird or pig; and also, this fine wine is only the juice of a bunch of grapes, this purple-edged robe just sheep’s wool dyed in a bit of blood from (more…)
Unapojitoa kwa ajili ya mafanikio, unapochagua kuondoka kwenye maisha ya kawaida na kwenda kwenye maisha ya mafanikio, ya kufanya makubwa na kupiga hatua zaidi, watajitokeza watu wengi ambao watakupa ushauri, ambao kwao wanaamini ni ushauri muhimu sana. Lakini sehemu kubwa ya ushauri ambao watakupa ni kukuonesha jinsi gani mambo yatakuwa (more…)
“You have been formed of three parts—body, breath, and mind. Of these, the first two are yours insofar as they are only in your care. The third alone is truly yours.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.3 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na (more…)