Ndi David Swanson, November 19, 2017, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase.
Kodi helo ndikutanthauza chiyani kuti ndikutsutsana ndi Thanksgiving? Kodi sindikukupeza china chovuta choti ndikhale nacho? Nanga bwanji za njala, kolera, nkhondo, ukapolo, kugwiriridwa, kuphana, kuzunzika, chilengedwe, malo othawa kwawo, maboma abodza osaganizira ena, kukhetsa mafuta, mabodza abodza, kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri, kusachita chidwi, tsankho, umbombo, kapena chisokonezo? Zowonadi, ndikutsutsana ndi zinthu zonsezi ndi masauzande a anthu ena, ndipo koposa momwe ndimatsutsana ndi Thanksgiving.
Koma mavuto adziko lapansi ndiofunika chifukwa chake ndimatsutsana ndi Thanksgiving, komanso pazifukwa ziwiri. Choyamba, zikuwoneka zoyipa kukhala akuchita Thanksgiving poyang'ana zowopsa za padziko lapansi. Chachiwiri, kuchita izi kumathandizanso kuti achite zinthu zoipazi m'njira zingapo.
Chifukwa chiyani ndili chiwonetsero choyipa chonchi? Zedi, pali zinthu zoopsa mdziko lapansi, koma kodi ndizochulukirapo kufunsa kuti mutenge tsiku limodzi kuti mumayamikire zina mwama miliyoni padziko lapansi? Kodi si momwe timadzilimbikitsira tokha ndikudziwonjezera tokha? Kodi sitiyenera kukhala othokoza chifukwa cha iwo omwe amazindikira mavuto adziko lapansi ndi kuyesetsa kuwathetsa?
Sindikudandaula. Sindinakumanepo ndi vuto. Monga chaka chilichonse, moyo wanga ndimakhala wabwino poyerekeza ndi zomwe zachitika padziko lapansi, bola ngati sindimawerengera tsogolo la ana anga ngati ndekha. Komanso sindikutsutsa mwambo wonyengezera amwendamnjira ngati nzika za eni, kapena ndikungonamizira kuti palibe cholakwika ndi masewera a mpira a Washington Redskins Thanksgiving, kapena kudzipereka kususuka kokonzekera kukonzekera mpikisano wokonda kugula kwambiri. Ngati pakadakhala njira yokhazikitsira zinthuzo pambali ndikuchita Thanksgiving mwanjira yoyenera, ndikadakhala zonse zofunikira. Sindikuganiza kuti zilipo.
Pomwe pali mamiliyoni a zinthu zodabwitsa mdziko lapansi, ndi mamiliyoni a zinthu zoyipa, sitiyenera kubisa choti zinthu zoyipazi zipambana. Mitundu ikumwalira, zachilengedwe zikugwa, nkhondo zikuwoneka, chiwopsezo cha kuchuluka kwa zida za nyukiliya chikukwera. Kodi tiyenera kukhala achisoni, ndiye; ndi zomwe ndikuganiza kuti zitha kuthandiza? Ayi, ndilibe chidwi chodzikondweretsa kapena kusasangalala. Ngati mukuyenera kukhala achimwemwe kuti mugwirire ntchito dziko labwino, ndiye khalani achimwemwe. Ngati muyenera kukhala omvetsa kuti muchite izi, ndiye khalani omvetsa chisoni. Koma kupezeka kwa chinthu chimodzi chovuta kwambiri padziko lapansi, ngakhale zovuta kwambiri komanso zopambana, ndi chifukwa chokwanira kuti tisakhale ndi tchuthi chothokoza zongopeka zabwino. Kuchita izi kumangoyambitsa zabodza kuti dziko lapansi, kapena chifukwa chake pang'ono ngati Yemen, silingawonongeke. Inde, zitha kutero.
O, koma titha kukhala othokoza chifukwa cha anthu onse owopsa omwe tikudziwa. Titha kukhala ndi Thanksgiving yaumunthu.
Ayi, sitiyenera kukhala othokoza chifukwa anthu otere. Tiyenera kukhala othokoza ku iwo. Sitiyenera kukhala othokoza kwa iwo. Tiyenera kuwathokoza kwenikweni, osavuta komanso osavuta. Kuyamika ndi verb, osati chofanizira, osati mkhalidwe wamalingaliro. Kukhala othokoza chifukwa cha ntchito zosiyanasiyana za "Mulungu" kapena "chimaliziro" kapena "umodzi wa zinthu" kapena "china chapamwamba" kapena "chinsinsi chachikulu" kapena chilichonse chomwe mumatcha sichimangopangitsani anthu kukhala ndi mbiri yoyenera chifukwa cha zabwino zomwe amachita chitani, komanso kudyetsa malingaliro akuti zonse zili bwino - zomwe zingatenge mawonekedwe okana kubwera kwa apocalypse kapena njira yolakalaka apocalypse ngati njira yopita ku chinthu china chabwino.
Lingaliro loti pali china chake kapena chinthu china chake kunja uko chofunikira kuyamikiridwa kwambiri chikutsutsa kukanidwa kwathunthu kwa zenizeni zaimfa, kukana udindo chifukwa cha zomwe takumana nazo, kukana mphamvu zathu kuchititsa kusintha. Zimagwirizana ndi chikhulupiriro chofala chamalingaliro amatsenga, komanso kutchuka kofala kwambiri kaamba ka mchitidwe womvera wakhungu. Zonsezi zimayambitsa ndale zoyenera, zomwe zimapatsa mwayi othokoza.
Pakadali pano ndili wokondwa kuti zachitetezo zikuwoneka kuti zikuchulukirachulukira, zomwe sindinanene zaka zopitilira khumi. Koma sindikufuna kuthokoza chilengedwe chonse chifukwa cha izi. Ndikufuna ndimvetsetse zomwe zimayambitsa ndikulimbikitsa. Ndikufuna kuthokoza omwe akugwira ntchito kuti izi zichitike. Koma sindikufuna kukhala othokoza. Ndikufuna kukhazikitsa malingaliro omenyera mwachangu.
Chifukwa chake, mwa zonse zomwe mungathe, sonkhanani ndi banja ndi abwenzi ndikuwakonda. Mwanjira zonse sangalalani ndi kuyamika kosangalatsa komanso koyenera kuyamikiridwa. Mwinanso yesetsani kukumbukira komanso kudandaula za zakale komanso zamasiku ano. Mwina idyani chakudya chomwe sichikuwononga dziko. Mwinanso mungopuma, m'malo mongokhalira kugula. Mwina mupewe zosangalatsa zowononga bongo zomwe zimatsutsana ndi ziwonetsero koma zotsalira ndalama zolimbikitsa nkhondo. Ndipo mwina yesetsani kuti musayiwale chithunzi chachikulu, choti zida zankhondo, "nkhani" zotulutsa, otchuka ku Russia, ndi zikoti zazikulu zikuthandizira mwayi wowonongera nyukiliya tsiku lililonse, pomwe owonongera nyengo akuwononga. zovuta zachilengedwe. Ngati aliyense angawonetse zenizeni kuti asinthe tsiku lothokoza kukhala tsiku lokhalapo kanthu kopulumuka, m'malo mwa tsiku lokonda kwambiri zinthu zandale, sindingathe kutsutsana ndi Thanksgiving.
