Zininzi izinto ezithethiweyo ngeekati; ezinye ziyinyani, ezinje ngethuku lakhe elinamandla lokukhusela indawo yakhe kubangeneleli, kodwa kukho ezinye ezingaphantsi. Enye yazo yile ithi zizilwanyana ezizimeleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba zikwazi ukuba sempilweni kangangeentsuku ezininzi xa lungekho usapho lwabantu.
Le yinkolelo yokuba kutheni abantu abaninzi bekhetha ukuthatha i-feline endaweni yenja, ngelixa inyani kukuba zombini iintlobo zifuna inkampani kunye nothando lwabantu ababakhathaleleyo ngokulinganayo. Ke, Ngaba iikati zinokuba ndedwa ixesha elide?
Bendihleli neekati ukusukela ngo-1998. Baninzi abadlulile ebomini bam kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo abanye abaninzi baya kudlula. Okwangoku ndihlala nezidalwa ezine ezintle endizithandayo. Kodwa andiqondi ukuba ndingababona ndedwa ekhaya iveki, nditsho neentsuku ezintathu. Zizilwanyana ezisetyenziswa kakhulu ukuba kusapho, kwaye ungabi wedwa.
Ndimele ndivume ukuba kwiminyaka eyadlulayo bendicinga ukuba bazimele geqe. Leyo yimpazamo eyenziwa ngabantu abaninzi. Ukuba sicinga kuphela ngeemfuno zabo zomzimba, oko kukuthi, batye, basele, bazikhulule kwaye balale, inja kunye nekati zinokuba zodwa endlwini yabo okoko banokutya, amanzi, ibhokisi yenkunkuma kunye nebhedi. Nangona kunjalo, akukho namnye oya kushiya inja yakhe ekhaya yedwa ngeholide, kutheni ikati?
Ngesizathu esilula sokuba inja ithathwa njengesixhobo esixhomekeke kakhulu, ngelixa i-feline ihlala ibonwa njengesizungu. Kodwa kutheni? Ikati, ngandlela ithile, iyafana kakhulu nomntu: ukuba iyahlonitshwa kwaye inikwe uthando, iya kuba yile nto iyinika abo ibathandayo, ke xa indoda enoboya eyayiqhele ukwenziwa ishiyeke yodwa iyahamba ukuba nexesha elibi kakhulu.
Ke, ngaphambi kokucinga ngokwamkela ikati kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba sikuthathele ingqalelo oku. Asinakumshiya nje ekhaya kwaye silindele ukuba angahlala onwabile ngelixa sikude.