Rafiki, ipo kauli maarufu kwamba hakuna kitu cha bure, kwamba unapoambiwa unapata kitu bure, kuna namna unagharamia kile unachopata bure. Inaweza kuwa kwenye ubora, kwamba unapata kitu bure, lakini hakitakuwa bora kama unavyotaka na huwezi kuhoji kwa sababu umepata bure. Au unaweza kulipa gharama kwenye utu wako, pale unapopata kitu (more…)
“Whenever you find yourself blaming providence, turn it around in your mind and you will see that what has happened is in keeping with reason.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.17.1 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi nyingine bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Watu wengi wamekuwa wanafikiria lengo kubwa la maisha ni kutafuta usalama. Ndiyo maana wengi wanashindwa kuondoka kwenye ajira, kwa sababu wanaamini ni salama zaidi kwa upande wa kipato kuwa kwenye ajira kuliko kuwa nje ya ajira. Mambo mengi watu wanafanya kwa lengo la kuwa salama zaidi kwenye maisha yao. Lakini (more…)
“Whenever someone has done wrong by you, immediately consider what notion of good or evil they had in doing it. For when you see that, you’ll feel compassion, instead of astonishment or rage. For you may yourself have the same notions of good and evil, or similar ones, in which (more…)
Mara kwa mara nimekuwa nakushirikisha nguvu ya neno HAPANA. Umuhimu wa kutumia neno hili ili kuweza kupiga hatua kwenye maisha yako. Hili ni neno ambalo litakupa uhuru mkubwa sana kwenye maisha yako. Unapokuwa na uhaba wa muda, neno hapana ni rafiki sana kwako. Unapaswa kusema hapana kwenye vitu visivyo muhimu (more…)
“The unrestricted person, who has in hand what they will in all events, is free. But anyone who can be restricted, coerced, or pushed into something against what they will is a slave.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.128b–129a Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana leo. Tumepata nafasi ya kipekee (more…)
Hii ni kauli ambayo nimekuwa naona inatumiwa na watu wengi sana, wengi wanaitumia kama utani na wengine kama sababu. Lakini siyo wengi wanaoipa kauli hiyo uzito ambao inastahili. Kama utaipa kauli hiyo uzito unaostahili, itaweza kukusaidia sana kwenye maisha yako. Kama kweli unakiri mambo ni mengi na muda ni mchache, (more…)
“We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect, by whose example it can make its inner sanctum more inviolable. Happy is the person who can improve others, not only when present, (more…)
Uhuru kamili kwenye maisha unakuja pale unapoweza kuachilia, lakini ni vigumu kuachilia, ndiyo maana wengi hawapo huru, wengi wanazama na yale wanayoshikilia. Chukulia maisha kama mfano wa kuogelea kwenye maji, unapokuwa kwenye maji, ili uweze kuogelea huyashikilii maji, badala yake unayaachia na kujiachilia kwenye maji, na hilo ndiyo linakuwezesha kuelea (more…)
“Above all, keep a close watch on this—that you are never so tied to your former acquaintances and friends that you are pulled down to their level. If you don’t, you’ll be ruined. . . . You must choose whether to be loved by these friends and remain the same (more…)