2020: Okulindelekile kuqhathaniswa Neqiniso
Le New Year Eve edlule ibigcwele ukulindela okujabulisayo konyaka othokozisayo ozayo. Mina nesoka lami sagubha nomfowethu nabangane abambalwa emuva eNew York, lapho sobabili sisuka khona. Sibuke ibhola lehla ku-TV futhi sachofoza izingilazi ze-champagne ngenkathi sizama ukubona ngezingilazi zethu ezi-Lopsided zika-2020, ukwenza i-toast emshadweni wethu ozayo ka-Agasti nayo yonke imicimbi yobumnandi ebingandulela yona. Thina, njengawo wonke umuntu emhlabeni jikelele, besingenayo indlela yokwazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kulo nyaka.
Sasingenalo noluncane ulwazi lokuthi izinto zazizovalwa noma ukuthi izifihla-buso zazizoba yonke indawo njengama-smartphone. Thina, njengawo wonke umuntu, sasinezinhlelo eziningi kakhulu zango-2020, futhi njengoba saqala ukusebenza sisuka ekhaya, sigubha amaholide ahlukahlukene nezinsuku zokuzalwa nge-Zoom, futhi sithola izindlela ezintsha zokuzijabulisa ngaphandle kokuphuma, sasicabanga ukuthi izinto zizolunga ehlobo, nempilo izobuyela kokujwayelekile. Kepha njengoba unyaka uqhubeka futhi izinto ziya ziba zimbi ngokwengeziwe, sabona ukuthi impilo ejwayelekile izobukeka yehluke kakhulu, mhlawumbe okwesikhashana noma mhlawumbe unomphela.
Ngenkathi ubhadane luqhubeka futhi u-Agasti esondela, sabhekana nokukhetha okunzima ngobuhlanya: ukuhlehlisa umshado wethu ngokuphelele noma ukuzama ukuba nomshado omncane ngosuku lwethu lokuqala, bese senza iphathi enkulu ngonyaka ozayo. Ukuze siphephe, sinqume ukuhlehlisela yonke into unyaka ozayo. Noma ngabe imithethonqubo ye-COVID-19 ibizosivumela ukuthi sibe nomgubho omncane, singabacela kanjani abantu ukuthi babeka impilo yabo kanye neyabanye engozini ukuze nje bezogubha nathi? Singabacela kanjani abathengisi bethu ukuthi benze okufanayo? Noma ngabe besinabantu abayishumi kuphela abagubha nathi, besisazizwa ukuthi ubungozi bukhulu kakhulu. Uma othile egula, egula abanye, noma efa nokufa, besingakwazi ukuhlala nathi ngokwethu sazi ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi yithina esiyimbangela.
Siyazi ukuthi senze isinqumo esifanele, futhi sinenhlanhla yokuthi izinto azikaze zibe zimbi kithina, kepha unyaka we-2020 ubusalokhu ungunyaka onzima, njengoba ngiqinisekile ukuthi unabantu abaningi. Ekuqaleni konyaka, ikhalenda lethu beligcwele imicimbi ethokozisayo: amakhonsathi, ukuvakashelwa umndeni nabangane, ukubuyela eNew York, umshado wethu nayo yonke imicimbi emnandi yangaphambi komshado obekufanele ize nayo, nokunye okuningi Okuningi. Ngamunye ngamunye, konke kwaqhubeka ukuhlehliswa futhi kwakhanselwa, futhi njengoba unyaka uqhubeka futhi ngiyaqhubeka nokubona, “bekufanele ngabe sisekhayeni likagogo wami kule mpelasonto,” noma “bekumele ngabe siyashada namhlanje.” Kube yimizwelo eguquguqukayo, ebinzima empilweni yami yengqondo. Ngisuka ekubeni ngiphatheke kabi futhi ngithukuthele mayelana nezinhlelo zami zokuvuselelwa ukuze ngizizwe nginecala ngokucabanga ngaleyo ndlela, nangapha nangapha ngize ngithole indlela yokususa ingqondo yami kukho konke.
Ngiyazi ukuthi akusimina ngedwa oye wabhekana nokuphakama nokwehla kokuthokozela izinhlelo nokukhanselwa kwabo okulandelayo, kepha izinto ezenza ukuthi okuphansi kuphatheke kakhulu kuhlala kwehlukile kuye ngemizwa yami. Kwesinye isikhathi ngidinga ukuhlanza indlu yami ngenkathi ngishaya umculo, kwesinye isikhathi ngidinga ukuphumula ngencwadi noma ngohlelo lwe-TV, futhi kwesinye isikhathi ngidinga ukuzivumela nginyamalale ngiqhubeke nokuzivocavoca umzimba okude. Ukuhlala kude nemithombo yezokuxhumana nakho kungasiza kakhulu, futhi kwesinye isikhathi ukuziqhelelanisa ngokuphelele nomakhalekhukhwini wami yilokho engikudingayo. Noma kwesinye isikhathi ukuzivumela ngizwe noma yini engiyidingayo, ngaphandle kokwenza ngizizwe nginecala, kusiza ngaphezu kokuziphazamisa.
U-2020 bekungewona unyaka omangazayo obekufanele ube ngawo, kepha ngiyethemba ukuthi unyaka olandelayo uzoba ngcono. Uma sonke singaqhubeka nokuzivikela thina nabanye ngokugqoka izifihla-buso, ukugeza izandla, nokuqhela emphakathini, mhlawumbe kuzoba njalo.