(Ifoto: Flickr) Xa ndandineminyaka elishumi elinesithoba ubudala Kwathiwa mandifunde incwadi : Ukucamngca, sisithandi sobulumko samaStoyike uMlawuli uMarcus Aurelius.
Ewe, ndandingayiqondi kakuhle ngelo xesha, kwakhona ndandikwishumi elivisayo, kodwa ndayikrazula kwangoko incwadi kwaye wenze isigidi samanqaku kuyo . Kwakungenxa yam, oko u-economist uTyler Cowen akubiza ngokuba yi-Quake Book. Ishukumisile yonke indawo yam (nangona inqongophele) ukujonga umhlaba.
Nangona le ncwadi ibutshintshile ubomi bam, yayiyinqaku elinye ngaphakathi kule ncwadi elenza umahluko. Yindinyana ethe yabetha yatshintsha ubomi babantu abaninzi kwiminyaka engamawaka amabini okoko yabhalwa. Ndijike ndaphinda-phinda – xa mna Wasiyeka isikolo , xa ndineengxaki emsebenzini, iingxaki kubudlelwane bam, ingxaki nabasebenzi, kunye nobomi obuqhelekileyo.
Inqaku lihamba ngoluhlobo:
Izenzo zethu zinokuthinteleka… kodwa akunakubakho kuthintela iinjongo zethu. Kungenxa yokuba sinokuhlala kwaye siqhelane. Ingqondo iyatshintsha kwaye iguqulele kwiinjongo zayo njengomqobo kwindlela esenza ngayo.
Kwaye emva koko waqukumbela ngamazwi anamandla amiselwe ubungakanani.
Umqobo kwisenzo esiqhubela phambili isenzo. Into emi endleleni iba yindlela.
La mazwi ahlaselwa nguMarcus Aurelius ngokwakhe, kuye, mhlawumbi ekulweni njengoko wayekhokela uMkhosi waseRoma ngokuchasene nezizwe zasemzini okanye mhlawumbi kwibhotwe phakathi kwembambano noxinzelelo. Ayisiyondawo ifanelekileyo eyonwabisayo okanye ekhuthazayo.
Nangona kunjalo kwiminyaka ukusukela oko ndayifunda okokuqala, ndiqalisile ukuqonda ukuba lo mhlathi mncinci ngumbono wohlobo olukhethekileyo lwethemba. Ithemba lamaStoyike.
Ndiqinisekile ukuba kuvakala ngathi yi-oxymoron, kodwa stoicism Ufumana i-rap engalunganga-nengafanelekanga.
Oko uMarcus wayebhala-ukuzikhumbuza- yenye yezinto eziphambili zoku stoicism . Into emisela yona yile: nakweyiphi na imeko kuzo zonke iimeko-nokuba zimbi kangakanani okanye zibonakala zingathandeki-sinethuba lokuziqhelanisa nesidima.
Umzekelo: Ndibhala eli nqaku kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba lamkelwe kakuhle. Kodwa inokuba ibhombu ngokulula okanye ifumane impendulo embi. Ngoku oku kunokuba sisithintelo esincinci kodwa esingathandekiyo okanye isithintelo.
Yiloo nto kanye endinokucinga ngayo ekuqaleni. Kodwa ndabona enye indlela… ithuba lokuba ndizikhumbuze ngokuthobeka, okanye ndifunde kwingxelo kwaye ndiphucule ukubhala kwam okanye ndamkele nje ukuba andinakukholisa wonke umntu ngalo lonke ixesha.
Umbono ongapheliyo
Ukutyhubela iminyaka okokoko ndafunda incwadi (kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha ndiphanda okwam ), Ndafunda abantu kwimbali ababenze esi sigqibo ngasinye- ngokuzithandela okanye ngokunyanzelwa yimeko ethile. Abantu abaye bajongana nomqobo kodwa bawubona unje indlela. Eyona nto inengqiqo kuba isitoyikhi ekugqibeleni bubugcisa obuyilwe ukuba iqhelisiwe , kungathethwa .
Thatha uJohn D. Rockefeller phambi kokuba abe… kakuhle uJohn D. Rockefeller njengoko besimazi. Wayengumntwana nje notata ofileyo. Ngeli-16 wathabatha umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wokuba ngumgcini-zincwadi kunye nomnqweno wotyalo-mali. Wayesenza iisenti ezingamashumi amahlanu ngosuku. Ngaphantsi kweminyaka emibini kamva i-Panic ye-1857 yahlasela. Isiphumo yayikukudakumba kwelizwe okhubazekileyo okwaqhubeka kangangeminyaka eliqela.
Nalu ke udandatheko olukhulu lwentengiso kwimbali kwaye yabetha uRockefeller kanye njengokuba ekugqibeleni wayefumana ukuxhonywa kwezinto. Imbi kakhulu? Abatyalomali bokwenyani ekucingelwa ukuba bayayazi into abayenzayo baphulukana nayo yonke into. Kufuneka enze ntoni? URockefeller wathi kamva wayenomdla wokubona ithuba kuyo yonke intlekele. Yiloo nto kanye awayenzayo.
Endaweni yokukhalaza ngolu nyuselo lwezoqoqosho okanye ukuyeka njengoontanga bakhe, uRockefeller wakhetha ukuzijonga ngolangazelelo iziganeko ezenzekayo. Wajonga ukuphakuzela njengethuba lokufunda, ukubhaptizwa emarikeni.
Yayikukuziqeqesha nokuzimisela okungagungqiyo okwamvumela uRockefeller ukuba athabathe inzuzo kumqobo emva kwesithintelo ebomini bakhe, ngexesha leMfazwe yamakhaya, kunye nezoyikiso zango-1873, 1907, no-1929. lawula iipesenti ezingama-90 zentengiso yeoyile. Amadoda awayekhuphisana nawo anyolukile atshabalala kwaye amathandabuzo akhe aphoswa.
Kukutshintsha kwengqondo okuyingxenye ezimbini. Okokuqala, ukubona intlekele ngokufanelekileyo. Ungoyiki, ungenzi izigqibo ngokungxama. Okwesibini, njengoRockefeller, sinokubona ithuba kuyo yonke intlekele, kwaye siyitshintshe loo meko imbi ibe yimfundo, iseti yezakhono, okanye ubutyebi.
Omnye umzekelo: Jikelele uDwight D. Eisenhower.
Jikelele u-Eisenhower-amadoda ayemqhekeza ngasemva kwakhe yayingumququzeleli ngaphezu kwe inkokeli -Wayesandula ukukhupha olona hlaselo lukhulu lwasemanzini kwimbali yomkhosi.
Ukuhamba kancinci kwithango laseFrance kwavumela amaJamani ukuba abheje uthotho lwee-counteroffensives-eyokugqibela imvuemd yamadoda amalunga nama-200,000. Kwaye ngoku amaNazi asongela ngokubaphosa bonke elwandle.
I-Allies yayinempendulo eqondakalayo: zimalunga nokukhululwa.
Kodwa hayi i-Eisenhower. Ukungena kwigumbi lenkomfa kwikomkhulu eMalta, wenza isibhengezo: Akasayi kuphinda abenalo olu hlazo luphithizelayo oluvela kwiinjengele zakhe ezazityhafile. Imeko yangoku kufuneka ithathwe njengethuba kuthi hayi intlekele, wayalela. Kuya kubakho ubuso obuvuya kuphela kule tafile yenkomfa.
Kwi-counteroffensive yokuhlasela, u-Eisenhower wakwazi ukubona isisombululo esasiphambi kwabo lonke ixesha: iqhinga lamaNazi lalizenzela intshabalalo.
Kungelo xesha kuphela apho iiManyano ziye zakwazi ukubona ithuba ngaphakathi umqobo kunokuba nje ube ngumqobo owawubasongela. Ukubonwa ngokufanelekileyo, okoko nje iiAllies zinokugoba kwaye zingaphuli, olu hlaselo lwaluya kuthumela ngaphezulu kwama-50 amawaka amaJamani ajikeleza ngokukhawuleza emnatheni-okanye kwindawo yokugaya inyama, njengoko watsho njalo uPatton.
Amandla ka-Eisenhower okuba angonganyelwa okanye atyhafiswe yi-Blitzkrieg yaseJamani yamvumela ukuba abone ubuthathaka obungaphakathi kuyo. Ngokuphelisa uloyiko lwayo ngokuchasene neJamani asebenzise isimo sakhe sengqondo sokufumana ubuthathaka.
Kwaye kukho uThomas Edison. Andicingi ukuba ukuqulunqa ibhalbhu yeyona nto yayihlanya kakhulu.
Xa wayeneminyaka emashumi mathandathu anesixhenxe, uThomas Edison wabuyela ekhaya ngokuhlwa ngenye imini elebhu. Emva kwesidlo sangokuhlwa, indoda yafika ngokungxama endlwini yayo ineendaba ezingxamisekileyo: Kwaqhambuka umlilo kwiziko lophando kunye nemveliso ye-Edison iikhilomitha ezimbalwa kude.
U-Edison uzolile kodwa wakhawuleza waya emlilweni ekhangela unyana wakhe. Hamba uyokuthatha umama wakho kunye nazo zonke izihlobo zakhe, uxelele unyana wakhe ngemincili yomntwana. Abasayi kuphinda babone umlilo onje kwakhona. Ungakhathazeki, uEdison wamthula. Yonke ilungile. Sisanda kulahla inkunkuma eninzi.
Leyo yindlela entle esabela ngayo. Yiloo nto izitokhwe ezinokubhekisa kuyo thanda– ukuthanda izinto ezenzeka kuthi.
U-Edison akazange aphuke intliziyo, kungekhona njengoko wayenako kwaye mhlawumbi bekufanele ukuba.
Endaweni yoko, umlilo wamomeleza. Njengoko waxelela intatheli ngosuku olulandelayo, wayengemdala kakhulu ukuba angenza isiqalo esitsha. Ndidlule kwizinto ezininzi ezinje. Ithintela indoda ekubeni ihlupheke nge-ennui.
Kwisithuba esimalunga neeveki ezintathu, umzi-mveliso ubuyile ngokwengxenye kwaye uyasebenza. Kwisithuba senyanga, amadoda ayo ayesebenza iishifti ezimbini ngemini ekhupha iimveliso ezintsha zehlabathi ezingazanga zabonwa. Ngaphandle kokulahleka phantse kwe- $ 1 yezigidi zeedola (ngaphezulu kwe-23 yezigidi kwiidola zanamhlanje), u-Edison wayeza kubamba amandla ngokwaneleyo ukwenza phantse i-10 yezigidi zeedola kwingeniso ngaloo nyaka (i-200-yezigidi kunye neerandi namhlanje).
Ke… singabuhlakulela njani obu buqili nobukrelekrele?
Impendulo, ndithi, ifilosofi-ifilosofi esebenzayo. Ngestoic nethemba, sinokuba nguEdison, umzi-mveliso wethu ngomlilo, ungakhalazi ngekamva lethu kodwa wonwabele umbono omangalisayo. Kwaye ukuqala umzamo wokubuyisela kwakhona ngosuku olulandelayo-ukubhonga ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo.
Ungathini ngesigqibo seshishini esibe yimpazamo? Yayiyingcamango eyacaca ukuba ayilunganga, njengesazinzulu ungafunda kuyo kwaye uyisebenzise kulingo lwakho olulandelayo. Okanye loo glitch yekhompyuter icime wonke umsebenzi wakho? Ngoku uzokuphinda kabini ukulunga kwakho ngoba uya kuyenza kwakhona, ngeli xesha uzilungiselele ngakumbi.
Mhlawumbi wenzakele kutshanje kwaye ubambekile ebhedini uyachacha. Ngoku unexesha lokuqala ibhlog yakho okanye i-screenplay onenjongo yokubhala. Mhlawumbi kutshanje uphulukene nomsebenzi. Ngoku ungazifundisa izakhono zokufumana umsebenzi okoko wawufuna. Ungathatha impazamo yomqeshwa ongakhathaliyo ekubize ngeshishini kwaye uyijike ibe lithuba lokufundisa isifundo esinokufundwa kuphela kumava. Xa abantu bebuza ubuchule bethu oko kuthetha ukuba sinokugqitha kulindelo lwabo oluthobileyo kuthi ngokukhawuleza.
Kulula ukutsho kunokuba kwenziwe, kunjalo.
Kwimeko nganye kwezi zintathu zingasentla, abantu bajongane nobunzima bokwenyani nobusongela ubomi. Kodwa endaweni yokuphelelwa lithemba yile meko yoyikekayo — uloyiko lwezoqoqosho, ukoyiswa lutshaba, umlilo oyintlekele — la madoda ayenethemba. Ungatsho ukuba babenjalo wonwabile ngayo.
Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba yayilithuba lohlobo olwahlukileyo lokugqwesa. Njengoko uLaura Ingalls Wilder ebeka: Kukho into elungileyo kuyo yonke into, ukuba siyayikhangela kuphela.
Andinguye uEisenhower. Awunguye uRockefeller. Umzi-mveliso wethu awuzange utshe, ngenxa yoko asazi ukuba siza kusabela njani.
Kodwa andicingi ukuba ingaphezulu komntu njengoko ibonakala ngathi xa uyijonga kuqala. Kungenxa yokuba kukho indlela kunye nesakhelo sokuqonda, ukuxabisa, kunye nokwenza ngokuthintelwa ebomini. NjengoRockefeller nathi siyakwazi ukubona imicimbi ngokusesikweni kwaye sifumane ithamsanqa ekudodobeni. Njengo-Eisenhower, sinokuziyeka kuloyiko lwethu kwaye sibone ithuba ngaphakathi kwemiqobo yethu. NjengoEdison sinokukhetha ukomelezwa ziimeko ezingalindelekanga esizifumana sikuyo. Siyazi ukuba ayizukuba lula kodwa sikulungele ukuyinika yonke into esinayo nokuba siyintoni na.
Kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla siyalibala ukuba izinto ezibonakala ngathi zisithintele zincinci kwaye imiqobo esithintelayo inika iimpendulo zokuba siyaphi ngokulandelayo. Yifomula engaphelelwa lixesha enokuphinda iphindwe kwakhona.
Into endinokuyithetha kukuba esi simo sengqondo yinto endizama ukuyicinga rhoqo. Ndizama ukucinga ukuba aba bantu bajongane neengxaki ezibaluleke ngakumbi kunam, kwaye ndingaziboni njenge akukubanga kodwa njengethuba.
Sonke sijamelana neemeko ezinzima rhoqo. Kodwa ngasemva kweemeko kunye neziganeko ezibangela ukusabela kwangoko kuyinto elungileyo-ezinye zezibonelelo ezichaziweyo esinokuthi sizisebenzise ngengqondo emva koko sithathe amanyathelo. Sityhola imikhosi yangaphandle okanye abanye abantu kwaye sizibhala njengokusilela okanye iinjongo zethu zingenakwenzeka. Kodwa inye kuphela into esiyilawulayo ngokwenene: isimo sethu sengqondo kunye nendlela esihamba ngayo
Kungenxa yoko le nto ama-stoics esitsho yintoni iibhloko zendlela yindlela . Oko kubonakala ngathi kuthintela isenzo kungayiqhubela phambili. Kwaye yonke into lithuba lokuziqhelanisa nesidima okanye into eyahlukileyo kunoko bekucwangcisiwe. Kwaye ngekhe wazi ukuba kulunge ntoni oku.
Umqobo yindlela.
URyan Holiday ngumbhali othengisa kakhulu Isithintelo yindlela: Ubugcisa obungaphelelwa lixesha bokuguqula iimvavanyo zibe loloyiso . URyan ungumhleli-omkhulu we-Braganca, kwaye Uhlala eAustin, eTexas.
Ubuye wayidibanisa lento Uluhlu lweencwadi ezili-15 ukuba awuzange uve ukuba iya kutshintsha umbono wakho wehlabathi, ikuncede ugqwese kwikhondo lakho kwaye ikufundise indlela yokuphila ubomi obungcono.
