Mbingu na nchi ni za milele. Sababu ya kuwepo kwao kwa muda mrefu bila kumalizika ni kwa sababu hazijijali kuwawa wenyewe, kwa hiyo zinaweza kuishi daima. Kwa sababu hiyo, mtu mwenye hekima huwaweka wengine mbele yake, lakini yeye ndiye anayepata uongozi; huwaachia mwili wake katika hatua za nyuma, lakini mwili wake unadumu. Si kwa sababu yeye hana upendo wa kujaliwa? Kwa hiyo anaweza kufanikisha malengo yake binafsi.
Tafakari ya Kina
Sura hii inahusu nini?
Sura hii inasema kwamba mbingu na nchi zinadumu milele kwa sababu hazijali kujistahi, na kwa hiyo zinaweza kuishi daima. Mtu mwenye hekima hujiweka nyuma lakini wengine humfuatia; hujiweka pembezoni lakini yeye ndiye anayedumu. Kwa sababu hafanyi maana ya kujijali, anaweza kufanikisha mambo yake mwenyewe.
Inavyonigusa mimi vipi?
Katika maisha yangu, nimekuwa nikijishughulisha sana na kusonga mbele kwangu wenyewe. Mara nyingine ninaona kwamba ninaporipoti tuupa wengine, ninaendelea kupokea fursa mpya. Hili linanifundisha kwamba faragha na kujitoa kunaweza kuleta manufaa mengi kuliko kutaka kujitokeza kila wakati.
Nifanye nini leo?
Leo, nitajiondoa kidogo katika mazungumzo ya kikundi na kuwapa wengine nafasi ya kujieleza. Badala ya kujaribu kudhibiti kila tukio, nitakuwa na subira na kuamini kwamba mwenyewe ataonekana bila kujihitaji.
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
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Mbingu na nchi ni za milele. Sababu ya kuwepo kwao kwa muda mrefu bila kumalizika ni kwa sababu hazijijali kuwawa wenyewe, kwa hiyo zinaweza kuishi daima. Kwa sababu hiyo, mtu mwenye hekima huwaweka wengine mbele yake, lakini yeye ndiye anayepata uongozi; huwaachia mwili wake katika hatua za nyuma, lakini mwili wake unadumu. Si kwa sababu yeye hana upendo wa kujaliwa? Kwa hiyo anaweza kufanikisha malengo yake binafsi.
Tafakari Yangu
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?
