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HLALA UTHULE

Ngosiko lwethu olusheshayo, sihlala sinyakaza. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ikhalenda lethu elihlala ligcwele, ingqondo ehlale igijima, noma ubuchwepheshe obuhlala buxhumekile, asikwazi ukuphumula. Empeleni, abaningi bethu bamatasa ngokusebenza, ukwenza, nokulangazelela ukuzuza inhlonipho, isikhundla, igunya, ukubaluleka, nothando. Akunandaba ukuthi siyazama ukwamukela lezi zinto kubantu noma kuNkulunkulu, lokhu kulwela kusenza sikhathale. Umphefumulo ukhathele. Okuwukuphela kwendlela esingaluqala ngayo uhambo oluya ekuphumuleni ukuzinika imvume yokuma. 

Namuhla, thatha isikhathi ukuze uthole izikhathi ezimbalwa ezithule zokuba wedwa. Okungcono, kuzoba yisikhathi osibekela eceleni ngenjongo nangenhloso yokuthula. Kungaba kuhle uma ungaya endaweni ocabanga ukuthi iphumule, ngokuzenzakalela, futhi uchithe cishe imizuzu engu-10 uwedwa. Ngicabanga ukuthi imizuzu engu-10 yinani elifanele lesikhathi esingasethemba. Yenza lokhu ngaphandle kosizo lobuchwepheshe noma izindlela ezingase zikuphazamise. 

Uma ukushiya phansi kungenzeki osukwini lwakho, thola indlela yokudala ukuthula phakathi kokugeleza kwakho okujwayelekile. Shayela uthule uya noma ubuya emsebenzini. Hlala wedwa ngaphandle kokuxhumana kwefoni phakathi nesidlo sasemini. Okubalulekile kukho konke lokhu wukungavumeli noma yini ukuthi kugcwalise isikhathi osibekile ukuthi uthule unganyakazi. 

Isexwayiso: Kuzoba nesilingo sokunciphisa ukubaluleka kokuthula, kodwa ngifuna ukukukhuthaza ukuthi uqaphele. Qaphela okwenzekayo engqondweni nasenhliziyweni yakho njengoba uhlanganyela kulesi sikhathi sokuthula. 

Thula futhi umvumele enze umsebenzi othile. 

U-THOMAS MERTON 

Ukuba matasa kuwukugula komoya. 

U-EUGENE PETERSON 

Kufanele uqede ngamandla ukujaha empilweni yakho. 

U-DALLAS WILLARD 

...bonke abantu badinga ukuthula okwanele nokuba bodwa ezimpilweni zabo ukuze izwi elijulile langaphakathi labo uqobo lizwakale okungenani ngezikhathi ezithile. 

THOMAS MERTON