I-Solo yokubhabha: Usuku lwe-10, Ukuwela umgca wokugqibela

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Kuyo yonke le veki ndifumene ii-imeyile ezimangalisayo ezivela kubahlobo nakwintsapho ngamazwi okhuthazo, njengoko besazi ukuba kunzima kangakanani kule holide yokukhwela. I-imeyile evela kumhlobo wam uJimmy inamathele kum kuba ngelishwa, nangona amava akhe ayebuhlungu ngendlela eyoyikisayo yokufunda, into ethile athe wabelana ngayo nayo.

Ibali likaJimmy lalimalunga namava akhe kwi-U.S. Air Force Academy ngexesha ababelibiza ngokuba yi "Hell Week", isiganeko esithatha iintsuku eziliqela esibonisa isiphelo sonyaka wokuqala woqeqesho lwe-cadet. Ukugqibezela okanye okungcono okwangoku, ukusinda, lo msitho uthetha ukwamkelwa kwizikhundla eziphezulu kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ixesha lokuphumla.

Ibali likaJimmy ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:

"Ndiyakhumbula ndivuka ngosuku lwesibini lweVeki yesihogo. Kwakusekuqaleni kakhulu. Mhlawumbi ngo-6 ndandisendidiniwe ngokwasemphefumlweni nasemzimbeni ukusukela kusuku oludlulileyo xa ndandiva ibhutsi yomntu irhinda iihenjisi zam emnyango. Ndacinga ukuba iqela le-SWAT liza kungena "Yibhulukhwe!" Iminyango iyavuleka! ezantsi ukwenza i-pushups. Umzimba wam wawubuhlungu ngendlela engathethekiyo. Ndaziva ndophukile. Ndaziva ngathi kufuneka ndilale ebhedini iintsuku phambi kokuba olu hlobo lwentlungu luhambe. Yonke intshukumo yayithambile, kodwa kwakungekho xesha luthantamiso. " PHANTSI! Phezulu! PHANTSI! "Abasixelelanga ukuba zingaphi izinto esiza kuzenza. Kwakucingelwa ukuba siza kuqhubeka de umhlaba uwele elangeni. Ndandinokungaphumeleli kwezihlunu kwimizuzu emibini ndingene eholweni kwaye iintsuku ezintathu ukuya-ubuncinci, yile nto bendiyicinga. Iveki yesihogo yenzelwe ukuba isuse ixesha lomntu kunye nethemba. Iwotshi zethu zithathiwe kuthi kwaye ekuphela komntu esinokuthetha naye ebusuku, ngokusebeza cwaka, ngumntu esihlala naye.

Ndiyazi ukuba ibali lakhe libonakala limangalisa xa kuthelekiswa nohambo lokukhwela ihashe, kodwa okumangalisayo kukuba, ndadibana neemvakalelo zakhe. Eyona nto bendiyithanda kakhulu ngeli bali kukukwazi kwakhe ukuqonda into awayejongene nayo kanye ngelo xesha kunye nokuqonda ukuba olu qeqesho lubuchaphazele ngokunzulu ubomi bakhe. Imnike ulwazi lwembeko kunye nokunyaniseka kunye nohlobo lokuthandana okuthatha iminyaka, amazwekazi kunye nezizukulwana. Ndihlala ndithetha into efanayo malunga nokugibela ihashe. Ithemba ngokuqinisekileyo alihambanga; ukuba kukho nantoni na evelele ngakumbi. Kodwa ixesha likhawuleza limke, kwaye ayidli ngokuba nayiphi na into esiyenzayo inamandla okuthatha ixesha kwaye siyicime. Kum, le veki yahamba zombini iindlela: Ezinye iintsuku zazibonakala zingenasiphelo kodwa ezinye zazingakwazi ukuhlala ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo. Namhlanje, usuku lokugqibela lokukhwela, ibilolunye lwezo ntsuku.

Ndenze kwade kwasekupheleni. Ukuthatha ikhefu ngomhla wesithoba yenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo bendinokuzenzela zona, kuba namhlanje bendiphumle kamnandi, ndisomelele kwaye bendonwabile okokugqibela. Yayiyenye yeentsuku endizithandayo ngokwembonakalo yomhlaba njengoko sasihamba ezintabeni, imihlambi yeenkomo, amahashe asendle kunye namaxhalanga amnyama abhabha ngaphezulu. Sasijongene nendalo kumbindi wayo ongaphazamisekiyo. Yayigqibelele.

Ifoto yanamhlanje yeyam ndinika uCisco ihug. Le veki indifundise okuninzi, hayi kuphela ngokuba ngumkhweli ongcono kwisikhokelo sethu, uMaria, kunye nabanye abakhweli kodwa malunga nam. Okona kubalulekileyo nangona kunjalo, ndafunda ukuba oyena titshala ndandinaye yayinguCisco. Wayenomonde kum kwaye wandinika ixesha lokuba ndicinge izinto. Ukuba ukhwele ngaphambi kokuba wazi ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba nehashe elithambileyo nelokuqonda, ngakumbi ukuba usaqala.

Ndithe xa ndiwela isango ndingena ezitalini ngexesha lemizuzu yokugqibela yokukhwela, ndakrazula, ndingakholelwa ukuba nyani ndiyigqibile ndihleli esalingeni. Ndandibuhlungu kukuba ibilusuku lokugqibela kodwa ndimangalisiwe yilento bendisandula ukuyifeza. Kum, ndiyazi ukuba kuya kubakho ukukhwela ngaphezulu kwixesha elizayo kwaye olu hambo luya kuhlala luhleli nam njengoko ndiqhubeka kolu hambo ndaluqala kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo.

Ukusayina Ukuwela umgca wokugqibezela,

URenee

"Ubomi bufutshane. Liphathe ihashe lakho." ~ Caphula kumhlobo wam uTodd.

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