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SEPTEMBA 1915

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Yintoni eyasikhuthaza ukuba sitshutshise kwimibono yethu? Singavunyelwa kukuphi na ukuphikisa imibono yethu kwabanye?

Uluvo sisiphumo sokucinga. Uluvo yimbono ephakathi kwenkolelo nje nolwazi ngemibandela okanye izinto. Umntu onoluvo malunga nento, wahlukile kwabo banolwazi okanye inkolelo nje malunga nombandela. Umntu unoluvo kuba ewucingile lo mbandela. Imbono yakhe isenokuba ichanile okanye ayichanekanga. Ukuba ichanekile okanye akunjalo kuya kuxhomekeka kwindawo yakhe kunye nendlela yokuqiqa. Ukuba indlela aqiqa ngayo ingenamkhethe, ngokuqhelekileyo iimbono zakhe ziya kuba zichanile, yaye, nangona eqala ngeendawo ezingafanelekanga, uya kuzingqina ziphosakele kwindlela aqiqa ngayo. Noko ke, ukuba uvumela ucalucalulo ukuba luphazamise indlela aqiqa ngayo, okanye lusekela ucalucalulo lwakhe, uluvo aluvelisayo ngokuqhelekileyo aluchananga.

Izimvo umntu azenzileyo zimmela inyaniso. Isenokuba iphosakele, sekunjalo iyakholelwa ukuba ilungile. Ngaphandle kolwazi, indoda iya kuma okanye iwele ngezimvo zayo. Xa izimvo zakhe zinento yokwenza nenkolo okanye enye into, ukholelwa ukuba kufuneka abamele kwaye azive esenza ukuba abanye bamkele izimvo zakhe. Ukusuka apho aguqukele ekuguquleni.

Oko kusikhuthaza ukuba siguqule iimbono zethu lukholo okanye ulwazi olusekelwe kulo iimbono zethu. Kwakhona sinokukhuthazwa ngumnqweno wokuba abanye bangenelwe koko sikugqala kulungile. Ukuba kulwazi lukabani olusisiseko nomnqweno wokwenza okulungileyo kongezelelwa iingcinga zobuqu, imigudu yokuguqulela abanye kwiimbono zakhe isenokuvelisa inzondelelo yempambano, yaye, endaweni yokulungileyo, kuya kwenziwa umonakalo. Ingqiqo kunye nobubele kufuneka zibe zizikhokelo zethu ekuguquleleni abantu ngezimvo zethu. Ingqiqo kunye nokulunga kuyasivumela ukuba siveze izimvo zethu ngengxoxo, kodwa zisithintele ukuba sizame ukunyanzela abanye ukuba bamkele. Ingqiqo nobubele ziyasithintela ekunyanzeliseni ukuba abanye bafanele bamkele kwaye baguqulelwe kwiimbono zethu, kwaye zisenza somelele kwaye sinyaniseke ekuxhaseni oko sicinga ukuba siyakwazi.

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