Ngenkqubela phambili yezenhlalo, ukuguqulwa kokwaziwa kweminyaka, abantu abadala abaningi bakhetha ukulandela imikhondo yabo ne dream zabo ngemva kokuthathwa ku- retirement, kanti omunye umdala ofashisayo ubhale isigaba esisha sokuziphinda kabusha ngendlela yakhe ekhethekile. Uhlelo lwezindaba lungumuntu onempilo egcwele, ohlala esitolo sakhe esihloniphekile, egxile kakhulu ekwenzeni izimanga zakhe. Lesi sitolo sitholakala endaweni ejabulisayo yezehlakalo, lapho abantu abancane abathanda ubuciko kanye nomcabango behamba khona; wonke umfanekiso, zonke izibani, ziba yizinsika zokukhuthazela kwempela.
Uma ungena kulesi sitolo, okokuqala okukhanyayo ubona ukukhanya okukhazimulayo, okukhalela izinsuku ezivulelekile, ukukhanya kwemvelo kushaya ezinsizeni ezisabekayo, njengokuthumeleka komfanekiso onomoya ophilayo. Lezi zinsiza zinemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene, ukusuka emathangeni amancane kuya ezinsizeni ezikhipha, zikhombisa isitayela esikhethekile sokudala nomqondo womdala. Ezindongeni zesitolo, kukhangwa imisebenzi yakhe ayenzile, ngayinye ingumfanekiso wezimvo zakhe nomsebenzi wokufunda ubuciko, ibonisa uthando lwakhe empilweni kanye nezifiso zobhakabhaka.
Lo muntu omdala ugxile kumphakathi owuchungechunge lokusebenzisa umphumela, izandla zakhe ziphatha kahle izinsiza, ubuso bakhe bukhombisa ukugxila okukhulu. Phambi kwakhe kunomsebenzi ongakaphezwanga, ngaleso sikhathi kubonakala eqhubeka ekwenzeni izinto ezibukhoma, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, amava ezehlakalo akhawulela. Umusa wakhe uphakathi kokukhazimula, kubonakala sengathi usitshela: Impilo, noma iyiphi, inezinhlobonhlobo nezinto ezihlukahlukene.
Ngaphandle kwakhe, izincwadi ezifanele umqondo zigcinwe ngendlela engekho mcabango, lezi zincwadi zifaka amathambo okuphoqa ubuciko, ubuciko, nezifundo zokuphila, ziphatha ukuba kube iziqu ezibalulekile ezithathelwe eziphakamisweni zabo. Lo muntu omdala ubonisa ukuqonda okwakhe okuhlangene. Usebenzisa izimpendulo eziqhamukayo ezivela emvelweni, ehambisana nezimiso zokwakha zanamuhla, udala imikhiqizo ehlanganisa ubuciko nokuveza umoya wezimpilo.
Kulesi sitolo esigcwele umoya, inqubo yokwenza eyakhe ayidingi nje ukuhlola amakhono, kodwa kungenzeka imeva nemizwa. Uvame ukumema abaculi abancane abakhethiwe beze benze izimakethe, bekhuluma ngezinto ezithinta ubuciko. Kulezi zinkulumo, imicabango yokwakha ivame ukuxubana, ikha izikhukhula ezintsha, abantu abasha bavame ukusola ubudala nokukhumbula umcabango.
Ngaphandle kokwenza, lo muntu omdala ufinyelela emicimbini yendawo, futhi unakekela eyakhe imisebenzi yokwakha, eqhubeka ikhuthaza abantu abaningi ukuba bahlanganyele ezimfanelweni. Ngemva kokuphothulwa, uhlale ehlala elalela izindaba zenu, ebaholela impumelelo nokuqinisa, ebakhombisa ubuhlobo bokwakha.
Wena owaziyo, lo muntu omdala uthi wayefuna ukuhlela izinkanyezi ezibhalwe kwisayensi yekhono. Ukubambisana kwabaculi abasha nabadala akusizo kuphela kwegxile, kodwa kungenzeki ukuxhumana okuphakeme, okuhlukaniswe phakathi kokwazisa nokuqhamuka. Ukusebenza komuntu omdala kuhlanganyela, ubuhlakani bomuntu omdala nomoya wentsha kuhlanganisa ekhaleni temple wubuciko obuhlukahlukene.
Kwisizinda, uhlale wabelana ngempilo yakhe namakhono akhe, uheha abalandeli abaningi. Lezi zibuyiso zifaka kangcono kumthandazo wobuhle, bavuma ukubukeka okubukeka. Kodwa, uyathokozisa lokho okubuyisayo kanye nemizamo yokwakha. Isikhathi esikhulayo, izikhathi zenza umphakathi ophithizela, kube noxolo phakathi kokwakha, kubakhona impumelelo yethoni.
Indaba yomuntu omdala iphakamisa ukuthi ubuciko, nokwakha akunakuvalwa kuphela empilweni, liveku yinto eba ngumoya ophilayo. Noma ngabe ubudala bukhulu, uma uthando lokufuna izinjongo, impilo ingikhipha izimbali zehlukene. Esi sitolweni esikhangayo, ubudala akusikho umdingindindi, kodwa kuyisiboniso sokuchuma nobuchwepheshe.
Okuqhubekayo, ummphakathi womuntu omdala sewuye uhlangana nokwakha ukuhlobisa ukufuna, izindaba zakhe ziqhubeka zikhuthaza abanye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bangokuwa. Isithombe sokukhanya siqhubeka sikhazimula, indlela yakhe yokudala ithubha njalo, iqinisa abathanda impilo okubukwayo. Njengoba ethi: “Umsebenzi ngamunye, uvula uhambo lwezimo, ukwakha ngakunye kuzisa ukuqala okusha.”