Njengoko ukuphazamiseka okubangelwe kukusabela kwi-COVID-19 kuqhubeka, uluntu luyasokola phantse kuwo onke amanqanaba njengoko izenzo zobubele nenkxaso zinika intuthuzelo kunye noburharha. Siyazilela abafileyo, kwaye siyavelana nabo abo awona masiko asisiseko kunye nezihlandlo ezikhethekileyo, ukusuka kwiinkonzo zonqulo ukuya kwitheko lokuthweswa izidanga, zingabonwa ngendlela ebesingenakucinga ngayo kabini malunga nonyaka odlulileyo. Sinombulelo kwabo kufuneka benze isigqibo yonke imihla sokuya emsebenzini kwaye babeke bona (kunye neentsapho zabo) emngciphekweni ngokutshintshana kwabo kwiivenkile ezithengisa ukutya, kwiikhemesti, kumaziko ezonyango, nakwezinye iindawo. Sifuna ukuthuthuzela abo baphulukene nosapho kunye nepropathi kwizaqhwithi ezoyikekayo ezitshabalalise uluntu e-US nakwintshona yePasifiki- njengoko impendulo ichatshazelwa yi-COVID-19 protocol. Siyazi ukuba ukungalingani okusisiseko ngokobuhlanga, kwezentlalo nakwezonyango kuye kwabhentsiswa ngokubanzi, kwaye ngokwako kufuneka kuqwalaselwe ngamandla.

Sikwaqonda ngokunzulu ukuba ezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo, kunye neeveki kunye neenyanga ezizayo, zinika ithuba lokufunda lokucwangcisa indlela ethatha inyathelo endaweni yokuba isebenze, elindele kwaye ilungiselele ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elinokwenzeka kutshintsho lwexesha elizayo kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla: Amaqhinga. ukuphucula ukufikelela kuvavanyo, ukubeka iliso, unyango, kunye nezixhobo zokukhusela kunye nezixhobo ezifunwa ngumntu wonke kwiimeko zikaxakeka zempilo; Ukubaluleka kwamanzi acocekileyo, athembekileyo; kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iinkqubo zethu ezisisiseko zenkxaso yobomi zisempilweni kangangoko sinokuzenza. Umgangatho womoya esiwuphefumlayo, njengoko besisazi, unokuba sisigqibo esisisiseko sendlela abantu abazinyamezela ngayo izigulo zokuphefumla, kubandakanya i-COVID-19- umba osisiseko wolingano nobulungisa.

Ulwandle lusinika ioksijini-inkonzo exabisekileyo-kwaye loo mandla kufuneka akhuselwe ubomi bonke njengoko sisazi ukuba siphile. Ngokucacileyo, ukubuyisela ulwandle olusempilweni noluyintabalala kuyimfuneko, akunyanzelekanga—asinako ukwenza ngaphandle kweenkonzo ze-eco-system yolwandle kunye neenzuzo zoqoqosho. Ukutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nokukhutshwa kwerhasi yegreenhouse sele kuphazamisa amandla olwandle okufudumeza imozulu egqithileyo kunye nokuxhasa iipateni zemvula eqhelekileyo esiyile phezu kwayo iinkqubo zethu. Ukwenziwa kweasidi yolwandle kusongela ukuveliswa kweoksijini ngokunjalo.

Utshintsho kwindlela esiphila ngayo, ukusebenza kunye nokudlala kufakwe kwiziphumo esele sizibona kutshintsho lwemozulu-mhlawumbi kancinci kwaye ngequbuliso kunomgama oyimfuneko kunye nelahleko enkulu esijongene nayo ngoku, kodwa utshintsho sele luqhubekile. Ukujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu, kufuneka kubekho utshintsho olusisiseko kwindlela esiphila ngayo, esisebenza ngayo nesidlala ngayo. Kwaye, ngandlel' ithile, ubhubhane unike izifundo ezithile- kwanezifundo ezinzima kakhulu- malunga nokulungela kunye nokomelela okucwangcisiweyo. Kwaye nobunye ubungqina obutsha obuxhasa ukubaluleka kokukhusela iinkqubo zethu zokuxhasa ubomi - umoya, amanzi, ulwandle-ulungelelwaniso olukhulu, ukhuseleko olukhulu, kunye nobuninzi.

Njengoko uluntu luvela ekuvaleni kwaye lusebenzela ukuqalisa kwakhona imisebenzi yezoqoqosho eye yayeka ngequbuliso, kufuneka sicinge kwangaphambili. Kufuneka sicwangcise utshintsho. Singalungiselela utshintsho kunye nokuphazamiseka ngokwazi ukuba inkqubo yethu yezempilo yoluntu kufuneka yomelele- ukusuka kuthintelo longcoliseko ukuya kwizixhobo zokukhusela ukuya kwiinkqubo zokusasaza. Asikwazi ukuthintela iinkanyamba, kodwa sinokunceda uluntu ukuba luphendule kwintshabalalo. Asinakukwazi ukuthintela izifo ezibulalayo, kodwa sinokuzithintela zingabi ziindyikitya zokufa. Kufuneka sikhusele abona bantu basemngciphekweni—uluntu, izixhobo, kunye neendawo zokuhlala—nanjengoko sifuna ukuziqhelanisa nezithethe ezintsha, indlela yokuziphatha, kunye nezicwangciso zokulunga kwethu sonke.