Ndifunde ibali kuFacebook malunga nosapho olwaphuke intliziyo ngenxa yonyana wabo owayesempilweni ngaphambili owayelwela ubomi bakhe esibhedlele emva kokunikezela I-coronavirus ye-COVID-19. Abakhange bakwazi ukubamba isandla sakhe okanye bathethe naye ngethemba lokuba uyabeva njengoko isingqisho somculo wokuphefumla sigcina umzimba wakhe uphila. Ndathandazela umntu endingamazi ukuba aphile. Ndathandazela usapho lwakhe ukuba lunikwe imbonakalo yoxolo ngokwazi yonke into enokwenziwa eyenziwayo, nangona yayikude kakhulu ukuba ithuthuzeleke.
Indenze ndabona ukuba kwihlabathi lethu lemihla ngemihla, into eqhelekileyo, ukuba ungayibiza ngokuba yintuthuzelo, yindlela esihlala sigxile kukwahluka kwethu. Kodwa ke nangaliphi na ixesha kukho isiganeko esiyintlekele okanye imeko ethile esishukumisayo siyeyona nto iphambili kuthi kwaye isiwise emadolweni, siyaqonda ukuba sonke siyafana.
Umhlaba uphela, hayi isixeko okanye ilizwe okanye ilizwe esihlala kulo-SONKE-simanyene koku ukulwa ne-COVID-19 coronavirus bhubhane. Akukho nokuba ibe nye indawo kwiPlanethi yoMhlaba ikhuselekile kule ntsholongwane ingalindelekanga kwaye ilusizi - hayi enye. Inani lamatyala aqinisekisiweyo anyuka yonke imihla kwaye asondele kwisigidi se-1 njengalo mbhalo ngelixa kufutshane ne-50,000. Kwicala elingasentla, kufutshane nama-200,000.
Ndinqwenela ukuba njengabantu, siqaphele kwaye okubaluleke nangakumbi kukuba sikhumbule ukuba sonke silula kwaye siyinxalenye yohlanga olunye. AmaMelika ayafana namaTshayina. AmaTaliyane ayafana nama-Australia. AmaJamani ayafana namaBahamas.
Ukuba ngabantu esingabo, indalo yethu isikhokelela ekubeni sikholelwe ukuba asizukuba ngabanye babantu abagulayo okanye ukuba siyakwenza oko, siya kuba nakho ukulwa nathi sisodwa. Kodwa le ntsholongwane isibonisa ukuba ayinangqisho okanye sizathu. Ayinamsebenzi nokuba umncinci okanye umdala, usisityebi okanye ulihlwempu, umdaka okanye umhlophe. Ukuba iyakufuna, iyakuthatha.
Njengoko sisiya phambili kwaye njengakwimbali yezinye iintsholongwane, le mzuzu wexesha kwilizwe lethu ekugqibeleni liya kuba ziinombolo kumaphepha embali. Unyango oluyimpumelelo luya kulandelwa isitofu sokugonya. Iinkumbulo ezimyoli zobomi obulahlekileyo kunye nokubambelela kwiplanethi yonke kuya kuphela.
Xa oko kusenzeka, ngaba siza kulibala ukuba sonke simanyene? Ukuba sonke sibhekise kuMhlaba njengekhaya lethu-hayi indlu yam kuphela kwi-Bellevue Avenue, okanye isixeko sam saseRoma, okanye ilizwe lam North Korea. Ngeli xesha lokungaqiniseki okukhulu, sonke sasilusapho olunye ekuthiwa luluntu. Kwaye nangona sasilwela ngokoqobo ubomi bethu, sasimanyene, kwaye bonke ububhanxa beemfazwe zorhwebo, ezopolitiko zikarhulumente, iyantlukwano zonqulo, kunye nemida yejografi yaphela ingabalulekanga.
Njengakwi-9/11 xa isiqubulo saba sithi "Asisoze silibale," xa sibuyela emva elangeni kude nobumnyama bentsholongwane, "Masikhumbule njalo," xa isiza kuyo, sonke sabelana ikhaya elinye, ukufuna okufanayo ubomi obuthobekileyo nobonwabileyo.
