Ukuhlala Ndawonye Ngokuthula Nokuzwana: Amazwi Okwamukela Inkomfa

Siyakwamukela! Ngijabule futhi ngihloniphekile ukuba lapha nawe. Siyabonga ngokuhlanganyela nathi namuhla. Sinohlelo olukhuthazayo noluhehayo oluseza.

Kodwa ngaphambi kokuthi siqale, ngingathanda ukwabelana nawe ngemicabango embalwa. Thina bantu sithambekele ekuziboneni sakhiwe inyama negazi, amathambo nomsipha, indwangu yokwembatha, i-hank of hair, eshaywa yizimo esingakwazi ukuzilawula.

Sicabanga omunye nomunye njengamachashaza avamile oxukwini; bese kufika uGandhi noma u-Emerson, uMandela, u-Einstein noma uBuddha endaweni yesehlakalo, futhi umhlaba wethuka, ukholelwa ukuthi ngeke bakwazi ukwakhiwa ngezinto ezifanayo mina nawe esiyizo.

Lokhu kuwukungaqondi kahle, ngoba eqinisweni amazwi nezenzo zalabo esibathandayo nesibahloniphayo akusho lutho uma singakuqondi. Futhi sasingenakuyiqonda incazelo yazo ngaphandle kokuba sesihlonyiselwe kakade ukubona amaqiniso abawafundisayo futhi siwenze awethu.

Singaphezu kwalokho esikucabangayo - Amacici etshe eliyigugu elikhazimulayo elifanayo. Kodwa, lokhu akubonakali kalula ngaso sonke isikhathi.

Indaba...Kulo Meyi odlule, i-Wall Street Journal ishicilele isiqephu se-op-ed esibhalwe ngokuhlanganyela nguMeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke wase-US uLt. Gen McMasters. Umusho owodwa wagqama:

Yayifundeka kanje: "Umhlaba akuwona umphakathi womhlaba wonke, kodwa uyinkundla yezizwe, abadlali abangekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni kanye namabhizinisi ukuze bahlanganyele futhi baqhudelane ukuze bazuze."

Ngenhlanhla, ngenxa yokuthi othile osesikhundleni sokubusa uthi okuthile akulenzi iqiniso.

Buka abantu abakuleli gumbi. Ubonani? Ngibona amandla, ubuhle, ukuqina, umusa. Ngiyabubona ubuntu.

Ngamunye wethu unendaba eyasiqala ohambweni olusiholele ukuba sibe lapha namuhla.

Ngingathanda ukwabelana nawe ngeyami. Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule, ngamenywa ukuba ngisize abantu bomdabu ababenemfucuza eyingozi kanye nezikhali ezindala ezingcolisa umhlaba wabo. Ngathobeka ngethemba. Kwathi lapho ngisendleleni egodukayo, ngabona isitikha esibhalwe ukuthi “Uma abalandeli bezohola, abaholi bazolandela.” Ngakho, ngenza umsebenzi.

Futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waqhubeka nokusebenza emkhakheni wezingxabano nokuzinzisa izifundazwe ezibuthakathaka emhlabeni jikelele ne-UN, ohulumeni, amasosha, izinhlangano ezinikelayo kanye nesobho lezinhlamvu zezinhlamvu zezinhlangano ezisiza abantu.

Cishe ingxenye yesithathu yesikhathi sami ngasichitha emihlanganweni nobuholi besizwe esisingethe, abadayisi bezikhali, amanxusa, abashushumbisi, umyalo wamabutho ahlomile, abaholi bezenkolo, izinduna zezidakamizwa/izimpi, nabaqondisi bemishini.

Sifunde lukhulu komunye nomunye, futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi kukhona okuhle esikuzuzile. Kodwa okushiye uphawu olungacimeki kimi yisikhathi engisichithe ngaphandle kwalawo mahholo, ngakolunye uhlangothi lwengilazi yefasitela.

Lapho, nsuku zonke abantu, ngokuvamile abahlala ezindaweni ezimbi neziyingozi kakhulu ngaphandle kukahulumeni osebenzayo, ukufinyelela kuphela ngezikhathi ezithile ukudla, amanzi ahlanzekile noma uphethiloli, njalo besongelwa, bamisa izimakethe zabo, batshala izitshalo, banakekela izingane. , elusa izilwane, ethwala izinkuni.

Naphezu kokusebenza amahora amaningi usuku ngalunye ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima, bathola izindlela zokusebenza ndawonye ukuze basize bona, omakhelwane babo, futhi ngokuphawulekayo, abantu abangabazi.

Ngezindlela ezinkulu nezincane, basusa izinkinga zomhlaba ezingenakuxazululeka, ezingaxazululeki. Babelana ngalokho abakwaziyo nalokho okuncane abanakho nabanye, baxoshwa yimpi, abadayisi bamandla, izinxushunxushu zomphakathi ngisho nabangaphandle abavela phesheya bezama ukusiza, ngokuvamile ngokungafanele.

Ukuqina kwabo, ukuphana, ubuhlakani kanye nokungenisa izihambi akuqhathaniswa.

Bona kanye nama-diasporas abo babaluleke kakhulu kothisha. Njengani, bakhanyisa amakhandlela, baxosha ubumnyama, bahlanganisa umhlaba ekukhanyeni.

Lena imvelo yomphakathi womhlabaI-WSJ ingangicaphuna kulokho.

Ngingathanda ukuvala ngokubeka uDkt. Ernest Holmes kusukela ngo-1931:

“Thola umhlaba umuhle. Bona wonke umuntu wesilisa noma owesifazane njengomphefumulo oguqukayo. Ingqondo yenu mayithonywe yilokho kuhlakanipha komuntu okwenqaba amanga asihlukanisayo, futhi siphiwe amandla, ukuthula, nokuzola okukwazi ukusihlanganisa sibe phelele.”

UDianna Wuagneux, Ph.D., USihlalo Osafufusa we-ICERM, ekhuluma Engqungqutheleni Yonyaka Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yangonyaka ka-2017 Yokuxazululwa Kwezingxabano Zobuhlanga Nezenkolo Nokwakha Ukuthula, New York City, Okthoba 31, 2017.

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