Ndibaleke ngeLas Vegas Isiqingatha seMarathon Emva koDubulo ukubonisa ukuba uloyiko aluzukundibamba

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Nge-28 kaSeptemba, ndibhukishe iinqwelomoya zam ndaya eLas Vegas esiXekweni iRock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva, umntu o umpu wavula umlilo kwiRoute 91 yomnyhadala welizwe lomculo owenzeka eVegas Strip, wabulala abantu abangama-58 kwaye wenzakalisa abangama-546 kolona dubulo lubulala abantu kwimbali yanamhlanje yaseMelika.

Phantse kwangoko, iitekisi zaqala ukuza zivela kusapho nakwizihlobo ezazisazi ukuba ndicwangcise ukubaleka ugqatso, zibuza ukuba ndisaya na. Isiqingatha somdyarho siya kwenzeka kwiiveki nje ezintandathu emva kolo dubulo; umgca wokuqalisa wawuphantse ngqo ngqo ukusuka kwindawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iMandalay Bay, apho umntu owayephethe umpu wema ngo-Okthobha u-1, kwaye uninzi lomdyarho lwenzeka eVegas Strip, apho kwenzeka khona le ntlekele. Ndothuswa kukufumana ezo tekisi, nangona kunjalo, kuba khange ndicinge kabini malunga nayo kunjalo Bendisahamba.

Ekuqaleni ndandityikitye kuba ukuqhuba iVegas Strip kwakuvakala kumnandi kwaye kwahlukile, kwaye yayisisizathu esihle sokuya ethekwini eVegas. Kodwa emva kolo dubulo, ndandizimisele ukubaleka ukubonisa ukuba andizukuvumela isenzo somntu omnye sindithintele ekubeni ndiphile kwaye ndibhiyozele ubomi. Ukuba kukho nantoni na, indlela abantu abahlangana ngayo yandenza ukuba ndifune ukuqhuba esi siqingatha semarathon nangaphezulu kunokuba bendicinga ukuba iza kuba yimpelaveki yomnyhadala.

Ndinefilosofi yokuba ukuba siphila ngoloyiko, baphumelele. Ngaba akufuneki siye kwiikonsathi emva kokuqhushumisa ikonsathi yaseAriana Grande eManchester? Ngaba kufuneka siphephe iiklabhu emva kokudubula kwiPulse nightclub eFlorida? Ngaba kufuneka sibukele imiboniso bhanyabhanya kuphela ekhaya ukusukela kwithiyetha yemiboniso bhanyabhanya eAurora, CO? Ngaba kufuneka siyeke ukubaleka kwimidyarho elungelelanisiweyo emva koqhushumbo lweBoston Marathon?

Ndiza kukuxelela oku: Uloyiko lwenzile hayi win e Vegas.

Njengoko ndandimi kwicorral yam exineneyo, ndabukela abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela bekhuthazana, babelane ngeengcebiso zezifundo, kwaye bencoma isinxibo somnye nomnye. Ukhuseleko lwaluqinile, kwaye umgca wokuqalwa wawususiwe umgama omnye ukusuka kwindawo owawukuyo yiMandalay Bay, indawo ekudutyulelwe kuyo. Kodwa loo nto ayizukubeka damper kwimozulu yomntu; amandla asuka kwiimbaleki eziphantse zibe ngama-20,000 zesiqingatha somdyarho ibingumbane. Ngexesha lokuqhuma kompu, andizange ndilinde ukubaleka.

Imidyarho yeRock 'n' Roll ihlala inomculo kunye nokuzonwabisa okufaka ikhosi, kodwa ngeli xesha, ugqatso luqwalasele umzuzu owandileyo wokuthula kwiimayile ezimbini zokuqala ezinesiqingatha ukuhlawula amaxhoba kunye neentsapho zokudubula. Ndithathe ii-headphones zam ndaza ndaminxa kancinci ndimamele ukuvuya kwabo bonke ababukeli abasaphumileyo ngaphandle kwento eyenzekileyo. Andikwazi ukuhamba iinyawo ezingama-50 ngaphandle kokubona iposta #VegasStrong.

Kodwa ugqatso lwalungelolanga nje ukukhumbuza abantu ngento eyenzekayo ngo-Oktobha 1. Iimbaleki zazinxibe iimpahla ezingento yanto (kakade kwakukho abatshakazi nabakhwenyana, kodwa kwakukho neebhanana nookrebe, Wonder Women and Spidermen, tons of tutus-a. isihogo se-tutus eninzi); ababukeli behambisa iibhiya kunye neemimasi kwiimbaleki ezinxaniweyo; Abalinganisi baka-Elvis abadlala ipiyano ecaleni kwendlela kunye nabalinganisi be-KISS abadlala iimbaleki esitratweni; kunye nemiqondiso efana "Uhlawule ukwenza oku!" kwaye "Le khosi inde kwaye inzima, kodwa nini kwaye ixesha elide kwaye kunzima ukuba ibe yinto embi?" Izibane ezikhanyayo zeempawu ze-neon zaseLas Vegas ezibaleka iimbaleki ukusuka kumgca wokuqala yonke indlela ukuya esiphelweni. Olu gqatso-ngaphandle kweziganeko ezandulelayo-yayiyinto kanye onokuyilindela kugqatso ngeLas Vegas, kwaye ubungqina bokuba okwenzekileyo eVegas akuchazi iVegas.

Ndiwele umgca wokugqibela kanye ngexesha elililo, kodwa khange ndibaleke olu gqatso lokophula iirekhodi. Ndayibaleka kuba ndandifuna ukubonisa ukuba akukho mntu ufanele oyikise abantu ekwenzeni into ayithandayo. Awunakho ukuvumela uloyiko-lokunga gqibi, woyike ukuba umntu okanye into inokukugcina ungagqibezeli.

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