Yini esivimbela ukuba sihluke, ngisho noma sazi ukuthi ushintsho luyadingeka futhi lungathuthukisa ukuphila? Kungani siphendula isiphakamiso sokushintsha umhlaba, siqala ngathi, «yebo, kodwa ...»? Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo uChristine Hammond sahlanganisa uhlu lwezaba ezivame kakhulu.
Ngisanda kunikeza inkulumo yokuthi ukukhathala kwesinqumo kuthinta kanjani impilo yansuku zonke. Izinqumo eziningi okufanele uzithathe phakathi nosuku, ziba zimbi kakhulu ekupheleni kwazo. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kubaphathi abaphezulu, odokotela, abameli kanye nabameleli beminye imisebenzi okufanele bathathe izinqumo ezimweni ezingajwayelekile nsuku zonke.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi izilaleli zami zamukelwa kahle yilo mbono, kodwa abazange bathande izincomo zokushintsha isimiso sabo esivamile sasekuseni nakusihlwa, bayeke ukuhlola njalo i-imeyili, baphumule kakhulu, bathole ibhalansi enempilo phakathi komsebenzi nesikhathi samahhala. Ehholo kwakukhona ukumelana okuphawulekayo kunoma yiziphi izinto ezintsha. Yiziphi izaba ezitholwa abantu zokungashintshi:
1. Akukho okungashintshwa. Umlingiswa akashintshi.
2. Yekelani abanye, angiyidingi.
3. Eqinisweni, simane sishaya sengathi siyashintsha.
4. Ukushintsha kubangela imizwa enamandla, futhi angikuthandi.
5. Anginaso isikhathi salokhu.
6. Kudinga umzamo oqhubekayo, futhi angikwazi ukukwenza.
7. Angazi kanjani.
8. Lokhu kudinga ukuqonda, angazi ukuthi kubangelwa kanjani.
9. Angazi ukuthi ngizoshintshani.
10. Kuhlale kuyingozi, futhi angithandi ukuthatha ubungozi.
11 Futhi uma ngehluleka, kufanele ngenzeni-ke?
12. Ukuze ngiguqule, kuzodingeka ngibhekane nezinkinga ubuso nobuso, futhi angifuni.
13. Ngincamela ukushiya izinto zinjengoba zinjalo kunokuthi ngiqale ngikhumbule izinkinga zakudala.
14. Angidingi ushintsho ukuze ngiqhubeke.
15. Angikwazi, akunakwenzeka.
16. Sengike ngazama ukushintsha, kodwa lutho.
17. (Umuntu) washintsha kakhulu waba umuntu ongajabulisi neze.
18. Idinga … (omunye umuntu), hhayi mina.
19. Kudinga umzamo omkhulu kakhulu ukushintsha.
20. Angikwazi ukuzama ngaphandle kokwazi yonke imiphumela engaba khona yemizamo yami.
21. Uma ngishintsha, khona-ke: … angeke ngisakwazi ukusola umlingani wami / izingane / abazali ngezinkinga zami.
22. …kuzodingeka ngizibophezele ngokuziphatha kwami, imicabango kanye nemizwa yami.
23. … Angeke ngisakwazi ukufaka isimo sami sengqondo esibi kwabanye.
24. …kuzodingeka ngisebenze ngokuzikhandla nangcono, ukuze ngiphumelele kakhudlwana.
25. … ngingalahlekelwa yibo bonke abangani bami.
26. … izihlobo zingangizonda.
27. …kungase kudingeke ngifune omunye umsebenzi.
28. …kuzodingeka ngifunde ukuthi ngingaxhumana kanjani ngokuphumelelayo.
29. …ngeke ngisakwazi ukusola abanye ngezinkinga.
30. …kungabacasula abanye.
31. …kuzodingeka ngibeke imingcele emisha yomuntu siqu.
32. Uma ngishintsha ngizobawisa abantu abancike kimi.
33. Uma ngishintsha, kukhona ozosebenzisa lokhu kube yingozi kimi.
34. Kuzodingeka ngiguqule izinto engizijwayele ngami kanye nabanye.
35. Kumele ngivume ukuthi nganginephutha phambilini, futhi angikwazi ukumelana nakho.
36 Uma ngenza lokhu, kuzodingeka ngishintshe indlela evamile yansuku zonke.
37. Sengingcono kunabantu abaningi, asikho isidingo sokushintsha lutho.
38. Ababuthakathaka kuphela okudingeka baguquke.
39 Uma ngibonisa imizwa yami kakhulu, abanye bazongigwema noma bangiphathe kabi.
40. Uma ngiba qotho, ngizocasula abantu abaningi engibaziyo.
41 Uma ngiqala ukusho ngokukhululekile engikucabangayo, ngizoba sengozini kakhulu.
42. Kunzima kakhulu.
43. Kubuhlungu.
44 Uma ngiguquka, ngingalahlwa.
45. Umaqondana wami akathandi ukusungulwa, uma ngishintsha uzoyeka ukungithanda.
46 Lokhu kungokwesizukulwane seminyaka eyinkulungwane.
47. Akukhululekile.
48. Around and so much too is change.
49. Ngiyaluzonda ushintsho.
50 Uma ngenza lokhu, ngizoyeka ukuba yimi.
Wonke umuntu uwela kulolu gibe futhi uthola izaba zokungaguquli amaphethini abo okuziphatha. Ukumelana nokusha kujwayelekile futhi kungokwemvelo, ngoba kuphazamisa i-homeostasis yethu yangaphakathi nangaphandle. Kodwa izinguquko ezimpilweni zethu azinakugwenywa njengokushintsha kwezinkathi zonyaka. Umbuzo kuphela ukuthi uyabavumela yini abanye ukuphatha noma bahole.
Umbhali nguKristin Hammond, isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo.