Kila tunapokuwa na maamuzi ambayo tunapaswa kuyafanya kwenye maisha yetu, hatukosi sababu ya kusogeza mbele, kwa sababu maamuzi yoyote ni magumu kufanya na kwa hali ya kawaida huwa akili zetu hazipendi vitu vigumu. Sasa kwa kusogeza kwetu maamuzi mbele, tunafika mahali na kukuta tuna maamuzi mengi ambayo tunapaswa kuyafanya na (more…)
“Keep this thought at the ready at daybreak, and through the day and night—there is only one path to happiness, and that is in giving up all outside of your sphere of choice, regarding nothing else as your possession, surrendering all else to God and Fortune.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.4.39 Ni (more…)
Huwa tunafikiri ukishapata fedha ndiyo unakuwa huru. Lakini wengi wanaokazana kupata fedha ili wawe huru, wanagundua kadiri wanavyopata fedha zaidi ndivyo wanavyokosa uhuru zaidi. Hivyo fedha haileti uhuru, badala yake uhuru ndiyo unaleta fedha. Na hapa tunazungumzia ule uhuru wa kawaida wa maisha, na siyo uhuru wa fedha. Uhuru wa (more…)
“For if a person shifts their caution to their own reasoned choices and the acts of those choices, they will at the same time gain the will to avoid, but if they shift their caution away from their own reasoned choices to things not under their control, seeking to avoid (more…)
Unapokutana na hali ya kutokuwa na uhakika, ambayo inajenga hofu ndani yako, hatua sahihi unayopaswa kuchukua ni kusonga mbele, kuendelea na uliyopanga kufanya na siyo kuacha. Unapaswa kugeuza kila hofu unayokutana nayo kuwa ukuaji, ifanye hofu iwe sababu ya wewe kupiga hatua zaidi. Kwa sababu kama wote tunavyojua, dawa ya (more…)
“The essence of good is a certain kind of reasoned choice; just as the essence of evil is another kind. What about externals, then? They are only the raw material for our reasoned choice, which finds its own good or evil in working with them. How will it find the (more…)
Watu ambao hawana matumizi mazuri na akili zao, huwa wanatafuta njia ya kuzishughulisha lakini isiyo na maana. Kwa kuwa akili huwa haiwezi kukaa tupu bila ya kuwa na majukumu yoyote, usipoipa majukumu ya kufanyia kazi, yenyewe itatafuta majukumu ya kufanyia kazi. Usipokuwa na kitu muhimu unachofikiria, fikra hasi na hofu (more…)
“Some things are in our control, while others are not. We control our opinion, choice, desire, aversion, and, in a word, everything of our own doing. We don’t control our body, property, reputation, position, and, in a word, everything not of our own doing. Even more, the things in our (more…)
Pale ambapo tunahitaji kufanya kitu kikubwa ambacho kinahitaji muda mrefu ili kuona matokeo yake, huwa tunasita na kuona muda tunaopaswa kuweka ni mrefu sana. Mfano ni pale mtu anapoona fursa ya kuingia kwenye biashara, lakini ambayo itamhitaji muda kujenga misingi ili iweze kumlipa baadaye, labda miaka mitatu ijayo. Kwa kuona (more…)
“We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, which can’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable. —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, (more…)