by QuakerSpeak, July 18, 2021
Pa chionetsero chodyerana nkhomaliro mu 1960, mtsogoleri wamkulu wachizungu adawopseza kuti abaya David Hartsough ndi mpeni. Zomwe David adanena kwa omwe akufuna kumuwukira zinali zomaliza zomwe mwamunayo amayembekezera, ndipo zidasintha zomwe zidachitika.
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Ku University of Howard mchaka cha 1960, matebulo a nkhomaliro kumwera konse kwa dziko lino adagawanika. Ndipo kotero tidapita kumalo omwe amatchedwa "People's Drugstore" (koma olekanitsidwa!). Iwo amangopita kukatumikira azungu, ndipo ine ndinali ndi anzanga akuda. Chifukwa chake adatseka kauntala ya chakudya chamasana osatipatsa chilichonse kudya. Kotero ife tinakhala pamenepo masiku awiri. Anali masiku awiri ovuta kwambiri pamoyo wanga. Anthu amatilavulira kumaso. Anthu ankayika ndudu zoyatsa kumbuyo kwathu. Anthu amatikhomera m'mimba mwamphamvu mpaka kugwa pansi kenako amatimenya. Ndipo nthawi iliyonse-tikadaphunzira maphunziro osachita zachiwawa-timayesetsa kuyankha mwachikondi, mopanda chiwawa komanso mosamala.
Mphamvu Yokonda Mdani Wanu
Dzina langa ndi David Hartsough. Ndimachokera ku San Francisco, California. Ndine membala wa Msonkhano wa Mabwenzi ku San Francisco ndipo nditha kunena kuti chidwi changa komanso moyo wanga wonse-kuyambira pomwe ndidakumana ndi Martin Luther King ndili ndi zaka 15 -ndakhala mtendere ndi chilungamo ndikulimbikitsa kuthandiza anthu kukulitsa kudzipereka kwawo komanso kumvetsetsa za nkhanza , ndi momwe tingasinthire dziko lino kuchoka ku umbombo ndi ziwawa ndi zankhondo ndi tsankho, kuwononga zachilengedwe kukhala moyo womwe ndikuganiza kuti Mulungu angafune kuti tikhale, womwe ndi wachilungamo komanso wamtendere ndikusamalira zolengedwa zonse.
Chifukwa Chiyani Osachita Zachiwawa?
Ndasankha zachiwawa komanso zachiwawa ngati njira yosinthira ena chifukwa ndikukhulupirira kuti tonse ndife ana a Mulungu. Tonse ndife abale ndi alongo, ndipo kuvulala kwa munthu aliyense ndikundipweteketsa. Tonse ndife pachibale. Chifukwa chake ndichabwino pamakhalidwe ndipo tikuyesa kuyankhula kuti chikondi sichongolankhula ndi banja lanu laling'ono - dziko lonse lapansi ndi banja lathu.
Kuyika Quakerism mu Kuchita
Ndikuganiza kuti tanthauzo la uthenga wa Yesu ndikukonda wina, ngakhale kukonda mdani wathu. Chifukwa chake tiyenera kuyigwiritsa ntchito pamoyo wathu komanso pantchito yathu. Sichinthu chomwe timachita ola limodzi pa sabata kunyumba yosonkhanira Lamlungu, ndimomwe timagwirizanirana wina ndi mnzake komanso mabanja athu ndi madera athu komanso dziko lathu komanso dziko lapansi.
Kufunafuna Mulungu mwa Adani Athu
Ndikuganiza kuti chovuta kwa ine ndi tonse monga Abwenzi ndikufunafuna za Mulungu mwa wina ndi mnzake ndi anzathu ndi anzathu komanso ndi "mdani." Sindikuganiza kuti pali anthu ena omwe ali ndi Mulungu mwa iwo ndipo pali anthu ena omwe ndi oipa kwambiri. Izi ndi zomwe boma lathu komanso maboma ambiri amaphunzitsa anthu, ndi "ndife anyamata abwino ndipo ndianthu oyipa." Ndikuganiza kuti Martin Luther King adatcha Gulu Lokondedwa, ndipo tikamakamba zaufumu wa Mulungu, mavuto athu ndi otani othandizira kumanga ufumuwo, ubalewu padziko lapansi? Ndilo gawo lofunikira kwambiri pazomwe kukhala Quaker kumatanthauza.
Lunch Counter Protest (Masika, 1960)
Chakumapeto kwa tsiku lachiwiri ndidamva munthu akubwera kumbuyo kwanga akunena kuti, "Mukapanda kutuluka m'sitolo m'masekondi awiri, ndikubayavutani mumtima mwanu." M'dzanja lake munali chosintha. Ndinali ndi masekondi awiri oti ndilingalire, chabwino, kodi ndimakhulupiriradi zachiwawa komanso mphamvu ya chikondi? Kapena pali njira ina yomwe ndiyenera kuchitira ndi munthuyu? Koma ndimangokhala ndi masekondi awiri okha kuti ndilingalire, ndipo timachita zambiri, kotero ndimangomuyang'ana m'maso ndikuti, "Chabwino, Mzanga, chitani zomwe mukukhulupirira koma ndiyesabe makukonda." Ndipo zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri - ndinali ndi zaka 21 zokha panthawiyo - nsagwada zake zinayamba kugwa, ndipo dzanja lake linali kugwedezeka ndi mpeniwo, womwe unayamba kugwa, ndipo anatembenuka ndikusiya sitoloyo. Anali wokonzeka kuchita zachiwawa zilizonse, koma sanali wokonzeka kuti wina anene kuti, "Ndiyesabe kukukonda."
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