NguDavid Swanson, ngoNovemba 19, 2017, Masilinge iNdemokhrasi.
Ndiyintoni na isihogo endiyithethayo ukuba ndiyamelene noHlelo lokuBonga? Ngaba andinakufumana into ebaluleke ngakumbi ukuba ndichasane? Kuthiwani ngendlala, ikholera, imfazwe, ubugqila, ukudlwengulwa, ukubulala, ukuxhatshazwa, ukuwa kokusingqongileyo, iintlungu zokubalekela, oorhulumente abangenangqondo abangenangqondo, ukuchithwa kweoli, ukunyaniseka, ukunyaniseka, ukunyaniseka, ukunyaniseka okanye ukunyaniseka? Enyanisweni, ngokuqinisekileyo ndichasene nazo zonke izinto kunye namanye amawaka, nangaphezulu kunokuba ndichasene noMbulelo Wokubonga.
Kodwa iingxaki zehlabathi zihambelana nokuba kutheni ndichasene ne-Thanksgiving, kunye nezizathu ezibini. Okokuqala, kubonakala kungenakulungeleka ukubandakanya kwiSiyabonga ngenxa yezinto eziphazamisayo zehlabathi. Okwesibini, ukwenjenjalo kubangela ukuba ezo zinto ziphazamisayo ngeendlela ezininzi.
Ngoko kutheni ndiyingozi kangaka? Ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho izinto ezinobungozi kwihlabathi, kodwa ngaba kunzima ukucela ukuba uthathe olunye usuku ukuqonda ezinye zezigidi zezinto ezilungileyo emhlabeni? Ngaba asikho indlela esiphefumlela ngayo kwaye sizihlalise? Ngaba asifanele sibabonge ngabo baqonda iingxaki zehlabathi baze basebenze ukuze bazisombulule?
Andikho into embi. Andizange ndihlupheke ngantlungu. Njengawo wonke unyaka, ubomi bam bubuhle xa kuthelekiswa nemiphumela yomhlaba, nje kuphela ukuba andizibali ikusasa lam inzala njengeyakho. Andiyikuphikisana nesiko lokuzenza ngathi abahambahambayo baziphatha njengezihlobo kubantu abemi bomthonyama, okanye bazenze ngathi akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngolu hlobo lwemidlalo yebhola lebhola leWashington Redskins lo nyaka, okanye sizizinikele ekugqibeleni ukunyamezela ukulungelelanisa imincintiswano yobuthengi. Ukuba kwakukho indlela yokubeka eceleni ezo zinto kunye neKonga yokuBonga ngendlela efanelekileyo, ndiza kuba yinto yonke. Andicingi ukuba kukho.
Nangona zikho izigidi zezinto ezimangalisayo kwihlabathi, kunye nezigidi zezinto ezinyantya, akufanele sifihle into yokuba izinto eziyingozi ziphumelela. Iintlobo ziyafa, izidalwa zendalo ziwayo, iimfazwe zihlasela, ingozi ye-nuclear apocalypse iyanda. Ngaba kufuneka sibuhlungu, ngoko; Ngaba oko ndicinga ukuba kuya kunceda? Hayi, andinomdla kwinto yokuzinyameka okanye ukuthemba. Ukuba ufanele ujabule ukuze usebenzele ihlabathi elingcono, ke ujabule. Ukuba kufuneka utyumke ukwenza oko, yiba luhlungu. Kodwa ukuba kukho enye into ebandezelekileyo kwihlabathi, ingxaki engapheliyo kwaye iyanqoba, sinesizathu esaneleyo sokungabikho iholide ukuze sibonge iimbono ezingenammangaliso. Ukwenza oku nje kunomthelela ekukhohliseni okubi ukuba umhlaba, okanye ngenxa yento ethile njengeYemen, ayikwazi ukutshabalaliswa. Ewe, kunokuba.
Hayi, kodwa sinokubulela bonke abantu ababuhlungu esibaziyo. Singaba nombulelo wokubonga abantu.
Hayi, asifanele sibulele kuba abantu abanjalo. Simele sibulele ukuba kubo. Akufanele sibe njalo mbulelo ukuya ku. Simele sibabonge ngokwenene, ngokulula nangokulula. Ukubulela isenzi, kungekhona isichazi, kungekhona isimo sengqondo. Ukubulela ngemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo "uthixo" okanye "ukuphela" okanye "ubunye bomoya" okanye "into ephakamileyo" okanye "into eyimfihlelo" okanye nayiphi na into oyibizayo ayikuthi nje ibenqumla abantu abakwimboleko abafanelwe yimisebenzi emihle yenza, kodwa uyondla imfesane ukuba konke kulungile-oko kungathabatha ifomu yokukhanyela i-apocalypse okanye ifomu lokulinda i-apocalypse njengendlela yokuya kumkhono kangcono.
Ingcamango yokuba kukho into okanye into ekhona apho kufuneka ibulelwe ngokutya ngokutya ngokukodwa ukuphika ukufa kweqiniso, ukukhanyela uxanduva lomsebenzi wethu, ukukhanyela amandla ethu ukwenza utshintsho. Ixhasa inkolelo ephakamileyo ekucingeni ngemilingo, kunye nokubongwa ngokugqithiseleyo kwindlela yokuthobela ukuthobela. Zonke ezi zinto ziqhuba ezopolitiko ezilungeleyo, ezinika abantu abanombulelo ubuncinci ukuba babulele.
Okwangoku ndivuyiswa kukuba usebenzo lwezoxolo lubonakala lukhula kancinci, into endiyitshiyo engaphezu kweminyaka elishumi. Kodwa a ndifuni ukubonga yonke indawo. Ndifuna ukuzama ukuqonda izizathu zayo kwaye ndibancede. Ndifuna ukubonga abo basebenzayo ukwenza oku kwenzeke. Kodwa andifuni ukufumana ingcamango yokubulela. Ndifuna ukuthatha ingqalelo yomzabalazo ophuthumayo.
Ngoko, ngeendlela zonke, hlangana kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo kwaye uyabathanda. Ngaloo ndlela uzonwabela kwaye uyayixabisa kwaye uyayixabisa. Mhlawumbi uzame ukukhumbula nokuzisola kwixesha elidlulileyo kunye nelikhoyo lolwaphulo-mthetho. Mhlawumbi badle ukutya akungonakali umhlaba. Mhlawumbi thabatha ikhefu elikhulu, kunokuba ungene ngaphakathi, kubathengi. Mhlawumbi uphephe ukuzonwabisa-ukulimaza kwinqanaba elichasayo ukubandlulula ubuhlanga kodwa kuthatha imali ukukhuthaza ukulwa. Kananjalo mhlawumbi wenze umgudu wokungalahlekelwa ngumfanekiso omkhulu, wokuba izixhobo zokufumana izixhobo, "iindaba", ama-rusagate abaxhasi, kunye nama-bigots bachitha amathuba okutshatyalaliswa kwezinto zenukliya imihla ngemihla, ngelixa iimeko zokutshatyalaliswa kwemozulu zisebenza nzima ingxabano. Ukuba wonke umntu ubonisa ukuqonda okwaneleyo ukuba aguqule usuku emva koMbulelo wokubonga kwi-day mass mass action for survival, kunokuba ibe ngumhla wokuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, ndingenakuphikisa ukuBonga.
