Indandatho esemunweni wendandatho

UMnu St. John unguthisha osewathatha umhlalaphansi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-62 ubudala, wakhohliswa isikole ayefunda kuso futhi wabuyela emsebenzini. Ngokuyinhloko wayenza umsebenzi othile wokunakekela amakhaya. Abantu abaningi babenokungabaza okuthile ngemikhuba yesikole. Baningi othisha abanamandla, pho kungani uzihlupha ngelinye ikhehla eliseminyakeni yawo-60? Kodwa ngokushesha, ukungabaza kwabantu kwaqedwa. UMnu. St. John usebenza njengawo wonke umuntu. Unengqondo esheshayo futhi unekhono lokukhuluma. Ideski lakhe lihlezi lihlelekile. Izinto azigcinayo zibhalwe phansi bese zimakwa encwadini yokurekhoda. Uvame ukukhumbuza abantu abasha: "Sawubona, nsizwa, sekuyisikhathi sokubuyisela incwadi oyibolekile ngeledlule." Inkumbulo yakhe nayo inhle.

Ngokushesha, othile wathola umkhondo. Into yokuqala uMnu St. John ayenzayo lapho eza ehhovisi nsuku zonke ukuphuza amanzi. Bese ekhipha ibhodlela elincane esikhwameni sakhe, athele umuthi emlonyeni, aphakamise intamo akhiphe amanzi. Ozakwabo abadala bonke bayakwazi lokhu. Kwakuwumkhuba kodwa manje wonke umuntu wathola ukuthi emva kokungena ehhovisi, uvame ukuphuza amanzi kuqala, bese ebiza umkakhe uLuna, nginomuthi wami ekhaya, ngicela ungiphathele. ULuna wabonakala ehhovisi ngemva kwehora, futhi wayebonakala ethukuthele kancane, futhi wamnika umuthi ngokungenamusa, kodwa akanandaba. Wabuka umkakhe ebusweni, hehe, wamamatheka wathi ngiyabonga. Ibala lika-Luna lalilincane futhi izinwele zakhe zomile.

Ngemva kokumbuka eqeda umuthi, uLuna waphenduka wahamba engabingelelanga kwabanye ozakwethu, ngase ngimdlalisa: "Ungakhohlwa ukuletha umuthi ngokuzayo."

Kwesinye isikhathi ilanga lisakhipha umkhovu etsheni ngesikhathi uSt John eshayela uLuna ucingo, kwathi kungakapheli nemizuzu eyishumi elubeke phansi ucingo, izulu laguqubala laqala ukuna ngokushesha. Lapho uSt John elunguza efasiteleni ethukile futhi elokhu efonela ekhaya, akekho owaphendula. Aphuthume avule iwodilophu, akhiphe idlanzana esezophuma, kuvuleke umnyango kuqhamuke uLuna emnyango wehhovisi ecwile esikhumbeni. Wasondela kuye uSt John enamahloni okwengane eyonile. Lapho uLuna esezomnika, wabuye wathi: "Wena sipoki okhohlwayo." Yize wayesemanzi te uLuna kodwa wayesambuka njengejwayelo. Wacela uSt John ukuthi aphuze umuthi ngaphambi kokuba ahambe. Phakathi neminyaka edlule, bobabili babekhathalelana futhi bethandana. Ngoba bafaka indandatho efanayo eminweni yabo. Le ring yakudala inabo iminyaka engu-40, ihlanganisa izinhliziyo zabo futhi ithembele kubo eduze!

Injabulo isho ukuthi uma uthando luphela nobuso buguga, izandla ezikuphethe ngaphandle kokuzisola zisekhona; inhliziyo engabheki emuva isenawe; uthando olungapholi kuseyilona olufudumezayo.