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Kungcono ungabinazizathu zokuba udikwe.
Oku kwakusoloko isilumkiso sabazali bam ekuqaleni kwehlobo ngalinye njengoko sasineencwadi, imidlalo yebhodi, iibhayisekile kunye nezinye izinto ezahlukeneyo ekufuneka sizenzile. Eyona nto babethetha yona yayikukuba "sisebenzise imeko kwaye siyixabise yangoku kangangoko kuba kunokubakho into kwixa elizayo eya kwenza ukuba oku kube yinkumbulo entle".
Iiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo, bendiqhuba imisebenzi yam yemihla ngemihla njengesiqhelo. Ukususela ngoko, inkampani iye yancipha. Ndizimele ngokwam kwaye ingqondo yam yendalo yecabin yendalo iye yenza le meko kude kwiimeko ezimnandi.
Ndihlala ndifumana ubulumko bokufunda malunga nomxholo ongathandekiyo osichaphazelayo sonke: ukufa. Kutshanje ndiye ndafunda icandelo lezincoko zika-CS Lewis, elithi On Living in an Atomic Age, ukusukela ngo-1948. Kufundwa ngokukhawuleza kwimihlathi emithathu, apho ndigcina khona esi sifundo sinamacandelo amathathu: Ukuphila kumaxesha ayingozi akuyonto intsha; sonke siyafa ngenye imini; sukuvumela le ikoyikise ekwenzeni ulisebenzise ixesha onalo.
Ubhubhane we-COVID-19 ayikokokuqala ukuba imeko elolo hlobo lokwahlulwa kwabantu yenzeke embalini. Ngamaxesha emfazwe nentshutshiso, abantu bazifihla ngenxa yokoyika ubomi babo. Le mvakalelo imbi iyeza ngoku njengoko abantu bazihlukanisa bodwa kwilinge lokunciphisa ukusasazeka kwentsholongwane. Abantu abaqinisekanga ngempilo yabo, bayoyika imeko yabo babathandayo kwaye baxhalabile ngokhuseleko lomsebenzi wabo.
Ndihlala ndibuza ukuba kutheni uThixo efuna ukuba ndiphile ngeli xesha hayi iminyaka engama-500 ngaphambili okanye kamva. Kutheni iingxaki ezinxulumene nale nkampani okanye zingahlali kwenye? Nokuba bunzima buphi, ukufa kukuhlala kuphela ebomini. IMemento Mori, ngesiLatin ethetha ukukhumbula ukusweleka kwakho, yenzelwe ukuba ithiwe mihla le ngabefundisi kwaye, ukuba kunokwenzeka, ngamalungu, ukusikhumbuza ngokufa kwethu okuqhelekileyo.
Iqela leengcwele, uninzi lwabo babefela ukholo, zahlukaniswa ne-Sacrament eWongekileyo ixesha elide. Nangona kunjalo, isizathu sokuba babe ziingcwele kukuba basebenzise imeko yabo.
Ingxaki yezempilo ekhoyo ngoku lixesha apho sidinga uMthendeleko kunye nesakramente kwaye sihlupheka kuba sikude nabo. Nangona kunjalo, ikwasinika ithuba lokuba sibonise umbulelo kubo kwaye sive ubumbano kunye nabo bahlupheke ixesha elide kwaye rhoqo kunathi. Uninzi lwabawexuki bamaKatolika banika imizekelo yendlela elingenziwa ngayo ixesha labo elichithelwe ekhaya kwabo banomdla omkhulu.
Unokufumana usuku ngalunye ngokubuza ukuba ngawaphi amathuba akhoyo. Zithini iinjongo endizibekele zona ixesha elide? Ngaba zikho ezinye iincwadi ezintsha onokuzifunda? Ndingayongeza njani inkonzo entsha kubomi bam bokholo?
Nabani na ofuna umceli mngeni wokuzonwabisa, ndingacebisa ukuba bathathe indawo yegama elithi "coronavirus" okanye "COVID-19" ngegama lomlinganiswa ohlekisayo okanye hamba ngaphandle kokuthetha yonke into kunye ubuncinci iiyure ezingama-24.