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2020: Okulindelweyo ngokuchasene neNyaniso

Kule minyaka mitsha idlulileyo uEva wayegcwele ulonwabo ngovuyo kulo nyaka uzayo uzayo. Isithandwa sam kunye nam sabhiyozela kunye nomninawa wam kunye nabahlobo abambalwa ababuyela eNew York, apho sisuka khona sobabini. Sijonge ibhola yehla kumabonwakude kwaye sineeglasi ze-champagne ngelixa sizama ukubona ngeglasi yethu ye-2020 egudileyo, ukuhambisa i-toast kumtshato wethu ozayo ka-Agasti kunye nayo yonke iminyhadala yolonwabo eya kuqala. Thina, njengaye wonke umntu kwihlabathi liphela, besingenandlela yokwazi ukuba kuzakwenzeka ntoni kulo nyaka.

Sasingenalo nofifi lokuba izinto zaziza kuvalwa okanye iimaski zaziza kubakho kuyo yonke indawo njengee-smartphones. Thina, njengaye wonke umntu, sinezicwangciso ezininzi zonyaka ka-2020, nanjengoko siqala ukusebenza ekhaya, sibhiyozela iiholide ezahlukeneyo kunye nemihla yokuzalwa nge-Zoom, kwaye sifumana iindlela ezintsha zokuzonwabisa ngaphandle kokuphuma, sasisacinga ukuba izinto zingangcono Ihlobo, kwaye ubomi buya kubuyela esiqhelweni. Kodwa njengokuba unyaka uqhubeka kwaye izinto ziya zisiba mandundu, saqonda ukuba ubomi obuqhelekileyo buza kubonakala buhluke kakhulu, mhlawumbi okwethutyana okanye mhlawumbi ngokusisigxina.

Njengokuba ubhubhane uqhubeka kwaye u-Agasti wayesondela, sasijamelene nokukhetha okunzima ngobuqhetseba: ukuhlehlisa umtshato wethu ngokupheleleyo okanye ukuzama ukuba nomtshato omncinci ngomhla wethu wokuqala, emva koko wenze itheko elikhulu kunyaka olandelayo. Ukukhuseleka, sigqibe kwelokuba sihlehlisele yonke into kunyaka olandelayo. Nokuba imigaqo ye-COVID-19 ibizakusivumela ukuba sibenomthendeleko omncinci, singabacela njani abantu ukuba babeke ubomi babo emngciphekweni nakubomi babanye ukuze nje babhiyoze nathi? Singabacela njani abathengisi bethu ukuba benze okufanayo? Nokuba besinabantu abali-10 kuphela ababhiyozela nathi, sasiva ukuba umngcipheko ubuninzi kakhulu. Ukuba umntu uye wagula, wagula abanye, okanye wasweleka, asinakuhlala nathi ngokwethu sisazi ukuba sesingunobangela.

Siyazi ukuba senze isigqibo esifanelekileyo, kwaye sinethamsanqa lokuba izinto azikhange zibe mbi kuthi, kodwa u-2020 isengunyaka obunzima, njengoko ndiqinisekile ukuba inabantu abaninzi. Ekuqaleni konyaka, ikhalenda yethu yayigcwele iminyhadala eyonwabisayo: iikonsathi, utyelelo losapho kunye nabahlobo, ukubuyela eNew York, umtshato wethu kunye nazo zonke iziganeko zolonwabo zangaphambi komtshato ezazifanele ukuza nazo, nokunye okuninzi Kaninzi. Nganye nganye nganye, yonke into iqhubekile nokumiswa kunye nokucinywa, kwaye njengoko unyaka uqhubeka kwaye ndiyaqhubeka nokuqonda, "bekufanele ukuba sikwindlu kamakhulu wam kule mpelaveki," okanye "bekufanele ukuba sitshatile namhlanje." Ibiyindawo eguqukayo yeemvakalelo, ebinzima kwimpilo yam yengqondo. Ndihamba ndiziva ndibuhlungu kwaye ndinomsindo malunga nezicwangciso zam zokuba ndonyuswe ukuze ndiziva ndinetyala ngokucinga ngaloo ndlela, kwaye macala onke ndide ndifumane indlela yokukhupha ingqondo yam kuyo yonke into.

Ndiyazi ukuba ayindim ndedwa oye wafumana amava aphezulu kunye nolonwabo lokuba nezicwangciso kunye nokukhanselwa kwabo okulandelayo, kodwa izinto ezenza ukuba ezantsi zilawuleke zihlala zihlukile ngokuxhomekeke kwimood yam. Ngamanye amaxesha ndifuna ukucoca indlu yam ngelixa kuqhuma umculo, ngamanye amaxesha ndifuna ukuphumla ngencwadi okanye umboniso weTV, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kufuneka ndizivumele ndinyamalale ndiye kuzilolonga ixesha elide. Ukuhlala kude kwimidiya yoluntu kunokunceda kakhulu, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukuziqhekeza ngokupheleleyo kwiselfowuni kuko konke endikufunayo. Okanye ngamanye amaxesha ndiyeke nje ukuba ndive nantoni na endiyifunayo, ngaphandle kokwenza ukuba ndizive ndinetyala, kuyanceda nangakumbi kunokuziphazamisa.

U-2020 khange ube ngunyaka omangalisayo bekufanele ukuba ubenjalo, kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba unyaka olandelayo uzakubangcono. Ukuba sonke sinokuqhubeka nokuzikhusela ngokunxiba iimaski, ukuhlamba izandla, kunye nokuhamba kude ekuhlaleni, mhlawumbi kuya kuba njalo.