Abantu bayahlangana, abantu bayathandana, bashade. Yiba nezingane, khohlisa, ulahlekelwe abathandekayo. Bavela phambi komunye nomunye kubo bonke ubungozi babo. Ukungabaza ukuthi benze ukukhetha okufanele. Badinwe bodwa. Banquma ukuqhubeka. Lolu Uthando Lwesimanjemanje, uchungechunge lwe-anthology olusekelwe ezindabeni zomuntu siqu ezivela kukholomu Yothando Lwesimanje ku-New York Times.
Ingabe ummeli ongaqondakali one-bipolar kanye nomdali wohlelo lokusebenza lokuqomisana onesifiso sokuvelela bafana ngani? I-"bookworm" kanye nowesifazane okhulelwe ongenakhaya? Ikhehla elangcwaba umkakhe othandekayo eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, nentombazane eyayilangazelela ukuwotawota njengoyise engayazi?
Bonke bangabahlali baseNew York, amahle, ahlukahlukene, avela emazweni amaningi. Futhi ngamunye wabo wake waba iqhawe ikholomu "Uthando Modern" ephephandabeni nsuku zonke The New York Times. Ngonyaka we-15 wokuba khona kwayo, ngokusekelwe ezincwadini ezinhle kakhulu ezitholwe abahleli, uchungechunge lwadutshulwa.
Ngesizini yokuqala, kube neziqephu eziyisishiyagalombili - mayelana nezinsuku lapho okuthile okungahambanga kahle khona (noma konke okungahambanga kahle). Mayelana nokungakwazi ukuvulela omunye isifuba ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi asisoze samukelwa njengoba sinjalo, okusho ukuthi silahlwe isizungu saphakade.
Iqiniso lokuthi ngokuvamile lapho sesikhulile ebuhlotsheni sizama ukuthola lokho esingazange sikuthole ebuntwaneni, futhi kulokhu kuyoba okufanelekile ukuvuma ngokweqiniso kithi.
Uthando lukhulu kunothando nocansi futhi lude kunokuphila
Mayelana nemishado ebonakala ingaphezu kokulondoloza. Mayelana namathuba aphuthelwe nothando olungaphili. Ukuthi lo muzwa awukwazi imingcele yobudala, awuboni ukuhlukana kobulili.
Uthando lukhulu kunothando nocansi futhi lude kunokuphila.
Futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abantu bathini ngeqiniso lokuthi abaningi namuhla bakhetha ukuqala ubuhlobo kamuva noma ukuhlala bengashadile nhlobo, noma ukuthi izibalo zesehlukaniso ngokuvamile zenza ukungabaza kwesenzakalo esinjengomshado, kusobala ukuthi sonke sisaludinga uthando.
Mhlawumbe ngendlela ehluke kancane kunangaphambili. Mhlawumbe ngaphandle kokushintshana kwezifungo nokudabukisayo «… nize nihlukane nokufa» (futhi mhlawumbe nabo). Uthando lwesimanje oluhluke kangaka, olungalindelekile, oluxakile.