Kila mmoja wetu ana kitu cha tofauti ambacho kipo ndani yake, ambacho hakuna mtu mwingine hapa duniani ambaye anacho. Kila mmoja wetu ana moto mkubwa unaowaka ndani yake, ambao akiuachilia, utatoa nuru kubwa sana kwa dunia. Lakini watu wengi wanatumia nguvu kubwa kuzima moto huo au kuuzuia usionekane, kwa sababu (more…)
“Drama, combat, terror, numbness, and subservience—every day these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your mind entertains them uncritically or lets them slip in.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.9 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza (more…)
Changamoto ya maisha ni hii, unapokuwa hujafanikiwa, hakuna anayehangaika na wewe, utakutana na changamoto chache sana, maisha yatakuwa yanaenda tu kawaida, hakuna migogoro mingi na wengine. Lakini unapoanza kufanikiwa, watu wanaanza kukufuatilia zaidi, na lawama nyingi zitakuja kwako kutokana na maisha ambayo mafanikio yako yatakulazimu uyaishi. Kwa mfano kadiri unavyofanikiwa (more…)
“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16 Ni siku mpya ya mwezi mpya katika mwaka wetu huu mzuri wa mafanikio. Tushukuru kwa nafasi hii nyingine ya uhai na tukaitendee vyema ili (more…)
Kama umewahi kukwama kwenye jambo lolote na kujiambia huna cha kufanya, umekuwa unajidanganya. Kuna mambo mengi sana ya kufanya popote unapokuwa, lakini kwanza lazima uanze kuangalia kipi cha kufanya na utaviona vingi. Kama huoni kitu cha kufanya, maana yake umekataa kuangalia ni kipi cha kufanya kwa pale ulipo. Lakini ukianza (more…)
“Chasing what can’t be done is madness. But the base person is unable to do anything else.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.17 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo, Ni nafasi nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu wa (more…)
Kila mmoja wetu kuna wakati ambapo anajikuta kwenye shimo fulani katika maisha yake. Shimo hilo ni pale unapokuwa umekwama, ulichotegemea hakiwezekani tena na hujui ni nini utafanya ili kutoka pale ulipokwama sasa. Kila mtu anapitia hali hii, lakini wanaofanikiwa wanaishinda na kuondoka kwenye shimo wanalokuwa wameingia. Kwa upande wa pili, (more…)
“Hurry to your own ruling reason, to the reason of the Whole, and to your neighbor’s. To your own mind to make it just; to the mind of the Whole to remember your place in it; and to your neighbor’s mind to learn whether it’s ignorant or of sound knowledge—while (more…)
Kila mtu ana sauti hasi ambayo ipo ndani yake. Hii ni sauti ambayo kila mara inamkumbusha madhaifu yake, makosa yake, na jinsi ambavyo hawezi kufanya makubwa kama alivyopanga. Weka mipango yoyote mikubwa na kuna kisauti ndani yako kitaanza kukusumbua, kitakuambia huwezi, kitakuonesha wengine ambao walijaribu wakashindwa. Kuna wakati kisauti hiki (more…)
“If you should ever turn your will to things outside your control in order to impress someone, be sure that you have wrecked your whole purpose in life. Be content, then, to be a philosopher in all that you do, and if you wish also to be seen as one, (more…)