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Usuku Lomhlaba Abanikela Ngegazi

Ngikhumbula okokuqala ngizama ukunikela ngegazi. Ngangifunda esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, futhi babenogazi esikhungweni sokuvivinya umzimba. Bengicabanga ukuthi kuzoba yindlela elula yokupha. Kumelwe ukuba bake bazama ukusebenzisa ingalo yami yesobunxele ngoba ngiye ngafunda ukuthi ngiphumelela kuphela ngokusebenzisa ingalo yami yangakwesokudla. Bazama bazama kodwa kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya. Ngadumala kakhulu.

Yahamba iminyaka, futhi ngase ngingumama wabafana ababili. Ngemva kokuthola igazi eliningi ngesikhathi ngikhulelwe, ngacabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe ukunikela ngegazi kwakulula kunalokho engangikucabanga, ngakho kungani ungazami futhi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inhlekelele yaseColumbine yayisanda kwenzeka, futhi ngezwa kunesidingo sendawo sokunikela ngegazi. Nganginovalo futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba buhlungu, kodwa ngenza isikhathi. Bheka, kwakuyiqatha leqebelengwane! Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho umsebenzi wami ubamba umkhankaso wokukhipha igazi, ngangibhalisa. Izikhathi ezimbalwa, i-CEO ye-Colorado Access ngaleso sikhathi, u-Don, futhi ngangizoqhudelana ukuze sibone ukuthi ubani onganikela ngokusheshisa. Ngawina kakhulu ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukuphuza amanzi amaningi ngaphambili kwasiza kule mpumelelo.

Eminyakeni edlule nginikele ngamalitha egazi angaphezu kwayisishiyagalolunye, futhi kuyavuza ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngajabula lapho ngiqala ukuthola isaziso sokuthi igazi lami liyasetshenziswa. Bathuthukise inqubo, ngokukuvumela ukuthi uphendule yonke imibuzo ku-inthanethi kusenesikhathi, okwenza inqubo yokunikela ihambe ngokushesha okukhulu. Unganikela njalo ezinsukwini ezingama-56. Izinzuzo? Uthola i-swag epholile, iziphuzo kanye nokudla okulula, futhi kuyindlela enhle yokuqapha umfutho wegazi lakho. Kodwa inzuzo enkulu kunazo zonke, ukuthi usiza ukusindisa izimpilo. Zonke izinhlobo zegazi ziyadingeka, kodwa ungase ube nohlobo lwegazi olungavamile, okungaba usizo olukhulu nakakhulu. Othile e-US udinga igazi njalo ngemizuzwana emibili. Yingakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ukunikezwa kugcwaliswe ngokuqhubekayo. Uma ungakaze uzame ukunikela ngegazi, sicela uzame. Kuyinani elincane ukukhokha ukusiza abanye abaswele. Ukunikela ngegazi kanye kungasindisa futhi kusize izimpilo zabantu abangafika kwabathathu.

Iningi labantu base-United States liyakufanelekela ukunikeza igazi, kodwa lingaba ngu-3% kuphela elikwaziyo ukwenza kanjalo. Okubalulekile inezikhungo eziningi zokunikela kanye namathuba okushayela igazi. Inqubo yokunikela ithatha isikhathi esingaphansi kwehora kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni, futhi umnikelo ngokwawo uthatha cishe imizuzu eyi-10. Uma ungakwazi noma ungeke unikele ngegazi, ziningi izindlela ongasekela ngazo lo msebenzi osindisa ukuphila. Ungakwazi ukusingatha umkhankaso wegazi, ukhulume ngesidingo sokunikela ngegazi (njengami), wenze umnikelo, ubhalisele ukuba ngumnikezeli womnkantsha, nokunye. Uma ungaqiniseki ngendawo okufanele uye kuyo nokuthi ungaqala kanjani, sicela uthinte i-Vitalant (ngaphambili eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-Bonfils) lapho ungathola khona ulwazi olwengeziwe kalula noma ubhalise ngokuthanda kwakho.

 

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