NguDavid Swanson
Ngenye imini kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ndandifunda u-Saint Augustine ngelixa ndiqhuba ivenkile yasekhaya, kwaye ngempazamo ndaqhuba kanye kudonga olungaphambili lweglasi yevenkile, ndiqhekeza iishelufu zokutya okungekho mthethweni. Emva kokuba ndithenge izinto, elinye ipolisa landimisa laza landibuza enoba ndandifuna ukungena ngenqwelo-mafutha kusini na evenkileni. “Owu, akunjalo,” ndaphendula. “Bendijonge ukufika apha ngokukhawuleza kangangoko ndinako ngelixa ndizifundisa ngokukhawuleza. Bendisazi ukuba ndingatshayisa, kodwa ibingeyonjongo yam leyo.”
“Kulungile,” laphendula ipolisa. “Singayithumela phi itshekhi yokulungisa imoto yakho?”
“Ndiza kukwazisa,” ndaphendula, ndicatshukiswa yiloo ngxaki.
Umninawa wam wayilungisa inqwelo-mafutha yam ngemali engaphantsi kweedola ezili-100,000 XNUMX, yaye into eyayisafuneka yayikukupeyintwa kwakhona. Ngoko ke, ndathatha isitshizi sepeyinti esikhulu kunye nam. Ndifike ndamisa imoto phambi kwendlu kammelwane, le ikhwele inja engxolayo. Ukugqiba kwam ukupeyinta imoto, kwakukho ukumila okurhabaxa kweprofayile yayo ngaphambili kwindlu yommelwane wam, ijikelezwe yipeyinti entsha emfusa. Ndifake inqaku emnyango ndimazisa ukuba injongo yam ibikukupeyinta imoto qha hayi indlu yakhe.
Imithetho emitsha yomonakalo wesibambiso ebesiphila phantsi kwayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo ibisebenza kakuhle kakhulu, ngokokubona kwam. Asiyivumeli ukuba iphume esandleni, nangona kunjalo. Umonakalo wepropathi kuphela othethelelekayo ngokusebenzisa iingxoxo ze-bullshit zamaxesha aphakathi malunga neyona nto "esiyinjongo" kunye nento "ebesazi ukuba iza kwenzeka." Umonakalo okanye ukufa kwabantu okanye izilwanyana akuqukwanga emthethweni.
Ndivile, nangona kunjalo, ukuba kukho elinye ilizwe kwindawo ethile apho, ukholelwa okanye ungakholelwa, okwahlukileyo kuyinyaniso. Kwelo hlabathi, ukuba bendinokonakalisa impahla yomntu ndize ndikhuphe umgquba wehashe malunga “neenjongo nje” okanye “umonakalo wesibambiso esilinganiselweyo,” ndiya kohlwaywa ngentshabalalo endiyibangeleyo kwaye mhlawumbi ndivalelwe ngenxa yobuqhetseba bam. ubume bengqondo.
Kodwa, ngokwahlukileyo, ukuba bendinokuvuthela umntu ohluphekileyo onxibe ngokukrokrayo ngomjukujelwa ovela kwidrone, nangona abanye abafana abasi-8 abanxibe ngokwamkelekileyo bemi ecaleni kwakhe, bekuya kuba kuhle kwaphela. Okanye ukuba bendinokuthi ndiqhubhise iflethi yesixeko sonke kuba abantu bakhona bebebandezelekile phantsi kolawulo lukazwilakhe okhohlakeleyo bendiyekile ukuxhasa kunye nokubamba izixhobo kwinyanga ephelileyo, oko bekuya kuba bubumi obuhle bokuthand' izwe.
Ngoku, andizukufunga kuwe ukuba eli hlabathi liphambeneyo likhona, kodwa ndineengxelo ngalo ezivela kwimithombo emininzi ethembekileyo. Ndineengxelo zamva nje ezivela kubantu abaliqela ukuba iziko lakudala kweli hlabathi - balibiza ngokuba yiCawe yamaKhatholika - liyayiyeka inkxaso yalo ngokusebenzisa "umonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso" ukuthethelela ukubulala, ngelixa lonke uluntu luqhubela phambili nokwamkela ngokungenangqondo. kunjalo, nangaphandle kwenkxaso yabaqulunqi bayo bokuqala.
Noko ke, kungakhathaliseki ukuba indawo enjalo yeyokwenene kusini na, indlela amasiko ayo asothusa ngayo ifanele isivuse ekubeni kusenokwenzeka ukuba ezethu zisenokumothusa omnye umntu, nokuba singaze siwamkele amasiko esithethe ngaphandle kokucinga ngokwethu.
