Moja ya changamoto kubwa zinazowapelekea wengi kushindwa kwenye
maisha ni kuendeshwa na hisia badala ya wao kuendesha hisia zao. Wote
tunajua kwamba pale tunaporuhusu hisia zitutawale, tunakuwa tumeondoa
kabisa uwezo wetu wa kufikiri. Kwa sababu hisia kali na fikra haviwezi
kukaa pamoja.
Kupitia falsafa ya ustoa, tunajifunza kwamba hisia ni kitu ambacho
tunakitengeneza sisi wenyewe na hakuna anayetupa, hivyo tunaweza
kuchagua kutoruhusu hisia zitawale maamuzi yetu.
Epictetus ana maneno mazuri ya kutuambia kuhusu hisia;
It isn’t the things themselves that disturb people, but the
judgements that they form about them. Death, for instance, is nothing
terrible, or else it would have seemed so to Socrates too; no, it is in
the judgement that death is terrible that the terror lies. Accordingly,
whenever we are impeded, disturbed or distressed, we should never blame
anyone else but only ourselves, that is, our judgements. It is an act of
a poorly educated person to blame others when things are going badly
for him; one who has taken the first step towards being properly
educated blames himself, while one who is fully educated blames neither
anyone else nor himself. – Epictetus, Handbook, 5
Kinachotusumbua siyo kile kinachotokea, bali tafsiri yetu kwa kile
kinachotokea. Kwa mfano kifo, siyo kitu cha kutisha, kama ingekuwa hivyo
wanafalsafa kama Socrates wangekiogopa. Ni tafsiri yetu kwamba kifo ni
kitu kibaya ndiyo inatusumbua. Hivyo hivyo, tunapokuwa tumekwazika,
tumesumbuka au kupata msongo, hatupaswi kumlaumu mtu yeyote bali sisi
wenyewe, kwa sababu hivyo vinatokana na tafsiri zetu wenyewe. Kwa
asiyekuwa na elimu, huwalaumu wengine pale mambo mabaya yanapomtokea,
anayeanza kujifunza hujilaumu mwenyewe wakati yule aliyeelimika hamlaumu
yeyote wala hajilaumu yeye mwenyewe.
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