NguDavid Swanson
Ngolunye usuku emasontweni ambalwa adlule ngangifunda uSaint Augustine ngenkathi ngishayela ngiya esitolo sendawo, futhi ngephutha ngashayela ngqo odongeni lwengilazi yangaphambili yesitolo, ngiphihliza amashalofu okudla okungenamsoco. Ngemva kokuthenga, iphoyisa langimisa langibuza ukuthi ngangizimisele yini ukushayela ngiye esitolo. “Awu, neze,” ngiphendula. “Bengihlose ukufika lapha ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ngenkathi futhi ngizifundisa ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Bengazi ukuthi ngingaphahlazeka, kodwa lokho bekungeyona ingxenye yenhloso yami.”
“Hhayi-ke,” kuphendula iphoyisa. “Kufanele silithumele kuphi isheke lokukhanda imoto yakho?”
“Ngizokwazisa,” ngiphendula, ngicasulwe ukuhlupha.
Umlamu wami walungisa imoto yami ngemali engaphansi kwamaRandi angu-100,000 XNUMX, futhi okwakusadingeka kwakuwukupenda kabusha. Ngakho, ngathatha isifutha sikapende esikhulu kanye nami. Ngipake imoto phambi komuzi kamakhelwane wami, lena enenja enomsindo. Lapho ngiqeda ukupenda imoto, kwakunesimo esimangelengele sephrofayela yayo ngaphambili kwendlu kamakhelwane wami, ezungezwe upende omusha onsomi. Nganamathisela incwadi emnyango ngimazisa ukuthi inhloso yami bekuwukupenda imoto kuphela hhayi indlu yakhe.
Imithetho emisha yomonakalo wesibambiso ebesiphila ngaphansi kwayo onyakeni odlule ibisebenza kahle kakhulu, ngokwazi kwami. Asikuvumeli ukuthi kuphume esandleni, nokho. Ukulimala kwempahla kuphela okuthethelelekayo kusetshenziswa izingxabano zenkathi ephakathi mayelana nokuthi "esikuhlosile ngempela" nalokho "esabazi ukuthi kuzokwenzeka." Ukulimala noma ukufa kwabantu noma izilwane akufakiwe emthethweni.
Nokho, ngizwile ukuthi kunomunye umhlaba endaweni ethile lapho, ukholelwa noma ungakukholwa, okuphambene kakhulu kuyiqiniso. Kulowo mhlaba, uma bengingalimaza impahla yothile futhi ngikhiphe umquba wehhashi mayelana “nezinhloso nje” noma “umonakalo wesibambiso esilinganiselwe,” bengizojeziswa ngembubhiso engiyidalile futhi ngokunokwenzeka ngivalelwe ngenxa yenkohliso yami. isimo sengqondo.
Kodwa, ngokuphambene kakhulu, uma bengingaqhumisa umuntu othile ompofu owayegqoke ngokusolisayo ngomcibisholo ovela ku-drone, nakuba abanye abafana abangu-8 ababegqoke ngendlela eyamukelekayo babemi eduze kwakhe, lokho bekungaba kuhle kakhulu. Noma ukube bengizoqhumisa ngamabhomu ifulethi lonke ledolobha ngoba abantu bakhona bebehlupheka ngaphansi kokubusa kukamashiqela ononya ngabe ngiyeke ukusekela nokuhloma ngezikhali ngenyanga edlule, lokho bekungaba isakhamuzi esihle sokushisekela izwe.
Manje, ngeke ngifunge kuwe ukuthi lo mhlaba ohlanya ukhona, kodwa nginemibiko ngawo evela emithonjeni eminingi ethembekile. Ngize nginemibiko yakamuva evela kubantu abambalwa yokuthi isikhungo sakudala kulo mhlaba - abasibiza ngokuthi iBandla lamaKhatholika - silahla ukwesekwa kwaso ngokusebenzisa "umonakalo wesibambiso" ukubeka izaba zokubulala, kuyilapho wonke umphakathi uqhubeka nokwamukela ngokungenangqondo. yona noma kunjalo, nangaphandle kokusekelwa abaklami bayo bokuqala abakhohlisayo.
Nokho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi indawo enjalo ingokoqobo yini, indlela amasiko ayo ashaqisa ngayo kufanele isivuse ngokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi okwethu kungase kushaqise omunye umuntu, futhi akufanele nanini samukele amasiko esintu ngaphandle kokuzicabangela thina.
