Ngabe ukuhamba nenja kungayithuthukisa impilo yakho yomkhuleko?
Umkhuleko wenziwa lula nekholwa esikanye lawunezinyawo ezine.
"Ukuhamba kwakho kufana nengane yesibili, ngesikhathi ugijima ehlathini uphethe izinja futhi ungowabantu ngendlela ongeke ukwazi ngayo ukwenza abantu." —Rachel Lyons, waba yinja
Inja yami nami sivuka njalo ekuseni phambi kwelanga, ngoba 4:30 ekuseni kube ngqo. Ngifaka izicathulo zami buthule ukuze ngingavuki umndeni ngibophe intamo yami entanyeni, ngiyicele ukuba ihlale phansi kancane ngenkathi ngiyenza. Ngicindezela ngokushesha ukuqala ebhodweni lekhofi bese ngiyaphuma.
Ukuhamba kuyafana njalo ekuseni. Wehla ngezitebhisi futhi siqonde ekhoneni ukuze siqale uhambo lwethu olude lwamakhilomitha ukuzungeza umakhelwane. Kusekuseni - akekho ophapheme ngaphandle kukanogwaja onesizungu ovele abaleke lapho sidlula - kepha yindlela engiyithanda ngayo.
Kuthatha kuphela isikhathi ekuntweleni kokusa, izinyawo zethu eziyisithupha zishaye eceleni kwendlela ngejubane eliqinile, ukuze umzimba wami uphumule futhi nengqondo yami yehlise ijubane. Lapha lapha ekuseni kakhulu, inja yami nami, uJack, sikanye futhi sihamba ngomhlaba. Kungale ndlela yokuxhumana, phakathi komuntu nesilwane nemvelo, lapho ngibona khona futhi ngixhuma uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele.
Umkhuleko awulula ngaso sonke isikhathi noma kusobala. Kimi bekungumsebenzi ongabongi isikhathi eside. Emqondweni wami, umkhuleko bekulokhu kungumkhuba emadolweni akho, izandla zakho zihlanganiswe, ikhanda lakho likhothame ekuhlonipheni iNkosi. Angibonanga ukuthi imithandazo idluliswa kwikhawunta, ngakho-ke ngangivame ukuzivumela ukuba ngiphunyuke empilweni. Kungamuva nje, kolunye lwalezi zinyathelo ngihamba noJack, lapho ngabona khona ukuthi ngangithandaza njalo lapho siphuma.
Isigqi senja yami esizolile siyindlela enhle yokwamukela bonke ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu. USanta Francis, ehlanganisa uJobe 12: 7, uthe: "Buza izilo futhi zizokufundisa ubuhle baleli lizwe". Ukubuka uJack esebenzisana nayo yonke indalo kuyinto ebonakalayo. Kuthatha yonke indawo emhlabeni. Kepha umuzwa wakhe wokuhlala unuka awunakwenza lutho ukucindezela ukuzindla kwethu. Esikhundleni salokho, kuyingxenye yalo mkhuba uqobo. Ukumamatheka, ukujula, yeka futhi ubonge izimbali eziqhakazayo, izihlahla ezinkulu eziphakeme endaweni engihlala kuyo eChicago.
Yibize ngokuthi ufunani - ukungenela kwaphezulu, ithonya elingcwele lesilwane, noma mhlawumbe ukubona kuphela - kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngaqala ukukuqonda ngokungena ngomkhuleko phakathi nalokhu kuhamba ekuseni. Kubukeka kungokwemvelo futhi kudingekile impela.
Ukuhamba noJack yisihlobo sami sokuthandazela i-Liturgy of the Hours, udadewabo waseBenedictine u-Anita Louise Lowe athi "singazikhulumela thina kuphela. . . futhi [usixhumanise] nebandla lonke nomhlaba wonke. ”Ukuhamba uJack kungakha umuzwa ofanayo wokuxhumana nami. Ngikhangwa ekunakekelweni kwami kwansuku zonke ngezidingo zami futhi ngifuna ukugxila kulokho kwesinye isidalwa esiphilayo. Ngivuka ekukhanyeni kokuqala kokusa hhayi ngoba ngithanda ukuvuka ngaphambi kokuba ilanga libe nethuba lokuphuma kodwa ngoba uJack udinga ukuzivocavoca. Ukuba khona kwakhe kungilethela ebudlelwaneni obujulile nokholo lwami. Ngisho nasekuseni lapho ngikhathele kakhulu, ngisazithola ngigxile emthandazweni ngokushesha nje lapho izinyawo zami zishaya phansi. Ngokuzinikezela kwami kulesi silwane, ngizinikezela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba uJack ungukuphiliswa emzimbeni wobuhle bukaNkulunkulu.
Udade waseDominican, uRhonda Miska, uchaza ihhovisi lansuku zonke njenge "hinges ekuqaleni nasekupheleni kosuku". Yilokhu ncamashi ukuphuma kwethu okuyikho. Ukuhamba ngakunye kungukubhaliswa kosuku.
Uhambo lwasekuseni luvula ingqondo nenhliziyo yami futhi lunginika ithuba lokugxila osukwini olusha. Ngibonga uNkulunkulu ngempilo yami ngezibusiso zakhe eziningi, ngiphawula izinguquko ezikhona komakhelwane futhi ngizijabulisa ezindaweni engizaziyo. Njengoba kungekho ozungezile nelanga liphuma kancane, kulula kakhulu ukulahleka ebuhleni obungizungezile. Akunasiphazamiso ekuseni kakhulu, ukuthula komoya omusha ngenkathi mina noJack sihamba nobunzima. Lona ngumkhuleko wethu wokuvula, uJack nezindumiso zami eziqondene nomuntu uqobo, eziqukethe ukucwila nokuthula kunokuba kube ngamahubo nezingoma.
Okunye ukubhuka kosuku ukuhamba kwethu kusihlwa, izimbotshana zethu. Lokhu kuhamba kwehlukile kepha futhi akuguquki. Silibangisa ngakolunye uhlangothi lohambo lwethu lwangaphambilini, sithokozela ama-vistas amasha futhi - ngephunga likaJack - elingahloliwe phakathi kokuphuma kwelanga. Ngenkathi iSan Benedetto isho ukuthi ama-vesvet kufanele enzekele ngaphambi kokukhanyiswa okukhanyayo, ukukhanyisa kwethu kuncike esikhathini sonyaka. Ebusika obunokhahlo sigqunywe ebumnyameni kanti ehlobo ilanga selivele liqale ukushona. Esikhundleni sokubheka osukwini olulandelayo, ngizinika isikhathi sokubheka emuva emicimbini yosuku lwedlule. Ngenza uhlu lwengqondo lwami lokuhlangenwe nakho kwami okuhle emahoreni ayi-12 edlule, ngiphawula engikubongayo nokuthi ngisebenza kanjani ukuthuthuka.
Kulezi zikhathi zokubonakalisa buthule ngithola kulula ukugxila ngaphakathi. Njengoba ngingumuntu othanda ukukhathazeka, ingqondo yami ayivami ukwehla. Bengihlala ngilala kabi, ngoba ngikuthola kunzima ukwehlisa imicabango yami. Kepha njengoba ngihamba noJack ngiyaqonda ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthi uSanta Ignatius lapho ebhala: "Ngoba kungazi okuningi, kepha ukubona nokugcina izinto ngaphakathi, okujabulisa nokwenelisa umphefumulo".
UJack ungikhombisa ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu emhlabeni wemvelo. Izidingo zakhe zidala impilo yomkhuleko ebengingayikho engikudinga kakhulu. Ngokuhamba kwethu ndawonye ngigxile kakhulu futhi angikhathazeki kangako ngezinkinga ezincane. Ekugcineni ngizizwa ngixhumene nokholo lwami.
Abanye bangathola ukuthi impilo yabo yomkhuleko ifezekile ngaphansi kophahla oluhle kakhulu lwasesontweni elidala, abanye bangayithola icula futhi idansa noma bezindla buthule egumbini elimnyama. Kimi, noma kunjalo, kuzoba ukuhamba okujabulisayo emahoreni amancane kakhulu ekuseni noJack nabadubuli bendlela kusihlwa, uphefumula umoya omusha futhi uhambe njengoyedwa.
Ungasho ukuthi impilo yami yomkhuleko iya ezinjeni, kepha bengingeke ngifune ukuyenza ngenye indlela.