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Lapho kukhala kwakho emnyango ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka, kungenzeka kube yizipoki nemikhovu nabantu abagijimela izikhundla noma bacindezele izinyathelo zokuvota. Ngokuqondana, zonke zihlose into eyodwa futhi lokho ngukwethusa wena. Ungesabi! Naka, funda phakathi kwemigqa bese ulandela imali njalo! Ngubani omele ukunqoba noma ukwehlulwa? Ngenkathi iningi lenu ligijima licasha lapho kukhala insimbi ngoMgqibelo futhi umuntu ongamazi emi lapho ephethe izingqwembe, abanye bethu bacabanga ukuthi yisikhathi esijabulisa kunazo zonke sonyaka, esifushane ngeHalloween uqobo lwayo !!
Njengabaningi benu, sengivote abaningi eminyakeni edlule, kwesinye isikhathi ngibe nomdlandla nezinye izikhathi ngibambe amakhala. Sonke sivote "Ngiyathemba!" Kodwa akuthina sonke esike safuna ukwesekwa namavoti abanye. Bengicabanga ukuthi ngizothatha umzuzu bese ngikunikeza umbono wami kusuka kulolo hlangothi lomnyango.
Ukube ipolitiki bekuyimidlalo, bengizobe ngiphumelela kahlanu, ngehlulwa kanye, ngenkathi yokuphila. Ukusebenza njengesikhulu esikhethiwe kuyilungelo, udumo nokuzijabulisa okuqondile, kepha ingxenye engcono kunazo zonke ukuthola umkhankaso wokukhuluma endlini ngendlu nabantu bangempela ngalokho okusezingqondweni zabo.
Amakhompyutha, omakhalekhukhwini, imininingwane yolwazi kanye ne-GPS sekushintshe indlela imikhankaso ehlanganiswa ngayo phansi. Ngaphambi kwabo bonke lobo buchwepheshe, abantu bangempela babehamba indlu ngendlu. Ukungenela isikhundla kuyinto ethobisa kunazo zonke ongayenza. Ubeka umuntu wakho osengozini kakhulu kuvulandi wangaphambili wabantu ongabazi futhi lapho umnyango uvuleka, usuzivulele ukugxekwa noma ukungabaza, kwesinye isikhathi ukujwayela noma ukwesekwa okuqondile.
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Ngolunye usuku lwasekwindla oluhle ngashaya insimbi yomnyango ku-cul-de-sac egcwele izingane zidlala emhlabathini, lapho owesifazane obukeka ehlazekile evula umnyango. Ngimnike inkundla yami mayelana nokufuna ukuphinde akhethwe ukuze ngimmele esiShayamthetho sombuso. Ngabuza ukuthi kukhona yini akukhathazayo. Amehlo akhe aqhakazile wabe esethi “yebo yebo,” wabe eseqhubeka engitshela ukuthi umsindo kanye nezinxushunxushu kanye nokuntula ubuthongo kumthelela kanjani futhi kumenza azizwe ehlanya. Ngangiziqhenya ngokwethula kulokho engangikufezile, njengokuqapha umsindo okuholela ezikhokhweni kanye nezinhlawulo ezikhokhelwe ukwephula umthetho, okwaholela emathubeni kubaninikhaya ukwengeza umoya opholile noma uphahla olusha nezinye izinhlelo zokunciphisa umsindo ngaphandle kwezindleko zabaninikhaya abanjengaye. Walalela ngokukhulu ukuzithoba futhi wanqekuzisa ikhanda izikhathi ezimbalwa. Phakathi kokubhonga kwamajethi kuhamba, impela ngacela ivoti lakhe ukuthi aqhubeke nomsebenzi wami. Watshekisa ikhanda lakhe wangibuka ngendlela exakile wabe esedudula izinwele zakhe ebusweni waphakamisela ingalo yakhe ngase-cul-de-sac wathi “ngiyabonga kakhulu kodwa akumayelana nezindiza, kumayelana nezingane zami eziyisithupha! ”
Cishe ngaleso sikhathi, engangihamba naye wayengiqhweba ukuthi nginyakaze ngakho ngambonga ngemicabango yakhe futhi wathembisa ukuthi uzongivotela futhi angivotele. Ngiqhubekile, ngafunda isifundo esibaluleke kakhulu ngokusebenzela ukumela abantu. Umele abantu lapho bekhona, hhayi lapho ucabanga ukuthi bakhona noma kufanele babe khona.
Isikhathi esiningi esicela amavoti asicishe sithakazelise noma sihlanganyele. Kodwa-ke, ezinye zezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu yilapho ufika ukubona abantu njengoba benjalo, ngaphansi kwezimoto eziphukile, noma ukupenda uthango.
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