Tunapokuwa na mambo mengi ya kufanya huku muda wetu ukiwa mfupi, huwa tunapata msongo wa mawazo. Huwa tunafikiri kinachotupa msongo ni yale mambo mengi tuliyonayo ya kufanya, lakini hilo siyo sahihi. Kinachotupa msongo siyo yale mambo mengi tuliyonayo ya kufanya, bali namna tunavyofikiri kuhusu mambo hayo. Kinachotupa msongo wa mawazo (more…)
“The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.11.6–7 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa fursa hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri (more…)
Kama unaacha kufanya kitu muhimu kwako kwa sababu hutaki watu wakuchukie, unajichelewesha kufanikiwa. Chuki ni kazi ya watu, na watu watakuchukia kwa sababu ambazo hazipo ndani ya uwezo wako. Wapo watu ambao watachagua kukuchukia kwa sababu tu umechagua kuishi maisha yako, na hakuna chochote utakachofanya ukaondoa chuki waliyonayo juu yako. (more…)
“A person who doesn’t know what the universe is, doesn’t know where they are. A person who doesn’t know their purpose in life doesn’t know who they are or what the universe is. A person who doesn’t know any one of these things doesn’t know why they are here. So (more…)
Kila mtu anapenda kupiga hatua kubwa kwenye maisha yake na wengi wanafika mpaka hatua ya kupanga kufanya makubwa. Lakini inapofika kwenye utekelezaji, wengi sana hushindwa kutekeleza. Wengi huishia kuja na sababu kwa nini hawawezi kutekeleza sasa. Na sababu zimekuwa hazikosekani, kuanzia hali binafsi, mazingira, hali ya hewa, hali ya uchumi (more…)
“Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora (more…)
Pata picha una mche wako wa mwembe, mche ambao unataka uzae matunda haraka. Hivyo unapanda mche wako huo, lakini huoni matunda yakitoka haraka, unaona eneo ulilopanda siyo sahihi, unaung’oa na kwenda kuupanda sehemu nyingine, hapo pia matunda hayatoki haraka. Unaung’oa tena na kwenda kuotesha sehemu nyingine. Unaendelea na zoezi hilo (more…)
“All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6 Hongera sana rafiki kwa nasafi hii nyingine nzuri sana ya (more…)
Ni rahisi sana kwetu kuyaona makosa ya wengine, Ni rahisi kuyaonesha na hata kuyaelezea, Ni rahisi pia kuyacheka na kukejeli makosa ya wengine, Kwa sababu tunafikiri sisi hatuwezi kufanya makosa kama hayo, hatuwezi kuwa wajinga kiasi hicho. Lakini huku kote ni kujidanganya. Kosa lolote analoweza kufanya mwingine, wewe pia unaweza (more…)
“How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!” —SENECA, ON (more…)