Angisona isisulu. Ngakho-ke, lapho ngithi ngibe nabasiki bengqephu abambalwa (abane babo ngo-2019), ngicela ungangihawukeli! Ngifunde kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho futhi ngikwazi ukukusebenzisa njengendlela yokufunda engiye kwadingeka ukuba ngiyenze.

Eqinisweni, njengoba umlingani wangaphambili aqhubeka nokuhlambalaza igama lami, athi uthando lwethu lwaphakade futhi angihlukumeze, ngikhetha indlela yokusebenzisa lokhu njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi ngashiya leso simo ngesizathu. Futhi, lokhu kuqokonyiswa ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho enza isenzo kimina noma ngithola ukuthi kukhona akwenzile ukuzama ukungidonsela emuva esedlule.

Ukungashadi ngalesi sikhathi empilweni yami kuyisibusiso ngoba ngisebenzise lesi sikhathi ukuphulukisa kusukela esikhathini esidlule, usuku lapha nalaphaya futhi, ngihlala ngithembekile kumuntu ongitholile kakhulu kuyo yonke le minyaka: uqobo. Njengoba ngithandana, ngikhetha ukukhumbula izinto ezimbalwa engizifunde sonke lesi sikhathi ngifunda futhi nazi eziyi-12 zazo:

1. Yingoba nginemizwa ngomuntu, akusho ukuthi kufanele sibe ndawonye.

2. Akuwona wonke amadoda azongilimaza futhi angihlukumeze.

3. Uma ngizivalela kude futhi ngizihlukanisa nothando, ngisebenza nami kuphela.

4. Abantu kufanele bakholelwe kukho kuze bakukhombise ngenye indlela.

5. Kuze kube yilapho sengizithanda ngokungenamibandela, ngeke ngilindele ukuthi omunye enze okufanayo.

6. Kwesinye isikhathi abantu kungcono kakhulu ukubathanda kude nabo.

7. Uthando alwanele.

8. Ebudlelwaneni, izinto zomuntu othile zivame ukuba namandla kakhulu kunamazwi abo.

9. Kwesinye isikhathi sisebenzisa igama elithi 'Ride-or-Die' ukukhuthaza ubudlelwano obuzala ubuthi.

10. Ukuthethelela kuyinto engizoyenza lapho sengikulungele ukwenza kanjalo.

11. Kwesinye isikhathi isenzo sothando esikhulu kakhulu ukulalela izinkinga zomuntu esikhundleni sokuzama ukuzilungisa.

12. Ukuphela kohlobo lobuhlobo engifuna ukuba kulo yilapho abantu ababili bachitha isikhathi sabo, amandla nokuziphatha kwabo ekwenzeni lokhu kusebenze; hhayi ukubeka engcupheni.