Abantu abaninzi abakwazi ukuma iintlekele zehlabathi lethu kwaye baqale ukucinga ngendlela abadiniweyo ngayo yonke into. Ukuhlala rhoqo ekhaya, umsebenzi wasekhaya, ubomi bentsapho buqala ukuthatha, ukuya kwiintsapho kunye nokuhamba akuyi kuzisa uvuyo olungaphambili. Ndifuna into eqaqambileyo neyinyulu, ngenxa yomphefumlo, ukuba ihlabathi elingaphakathi livule kwaye live lonke uvuyo lobomi. Olu nqwenela into yokukhanya kunye nococeko imihla ngemihla iyaqina kwaye iqina. Yingakho abantu beya kwiindwendwe. Umntu uqala ukukhawuleza aze azikhangela kwimicimbi emitsha, iimpumelelo ezintsha. Uqala ukuhlala ngobomi bentlalo, kodwa ngokuthe ngcembe uyaqonda ukuba akukho mvuyo onokuthanda ukuwufumana. Emva koko ujika kuThixo.
Indlela yokuya kwiindwendwe kunye nento efunekayo kule nto?
Ukuze uhambe kwi-convent, kufuneka kuqala kuqala kuyo yonke into. Ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba uyashiya i-monasteri umntu sele esele ehlala kwihlabathi-uqala ukuba nguThixo. Okokuthi, zonke iingcamango zakhe nezenzo zifanele zinikezelwe kuphela ukuMkhonza.
Ukongezelela, lo mfazi uhlala ixesha elide kwi-monasteri, uyaziqonda kwaye ujonge indlela yobomi beendoda kunye neendwendwe ngokwazo. Emva koko, emva kokuhamba kwexesha, uvumelekile ukuba athathe inxaxheba ebomini beendwendwe, ukuba aphile ngendlela yakhe yobomi, kodwa ngezo zonke izihloko ze-nun akanikezelwa unyaka. Oku kwenziwa ukwenzela ukuba intombazana, eziva ngayo yonke intliziyo yakhe, inokugqiba ukuba ingaba ifuna ukuba yintlanzi yonke imihla yakhe okanye ayikho. Emva konyaka wokuvavanya, ukuba konke kuhamba kakuhle, lo mfazi uba ngumntu.
Indlela yokushiya umfazi otshatileyo kwiindwendwe?
Iindwendwe ziza kwiintlobo zabantu, ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Kukho okhulileyo, bancinane kakhulu. Abafazi abatshatileyo banokuba ngamaninzi, kodwa kuphela xa bengenabantwana abancinane. Okokuthi, abantwana kufuneka babe sele bekhulile kwaye bona bafumane imali yokuphila.
Ungayishiya njani ixesha kwi-convent?
Ukuba umphefumlo ucela ukuba uye kwi-monastery, kodwa ingqondo ingasayikungabaza ukuchaneka kwesenzo esinjalo, umntu unokungena kwi-monasteri kwaye acele i-novice kwi-monasteri. UMongameli wamaMama akaze anqabe uncedo. Ngezivande kwi-monasteri, unako ukuhlala naliphi na ixesha.
Ndiyakushiya iindwendwe?
Ukusuka kwiindwendwe ungashiya nanini na, kuba i-monastery yindawo apho abantu beza khona kwiintliziyo zabo. Ukuba umntu akamkeli uThixo entliziyweni yakhe, kuya kuba nzima kuye ukuba abe yindwendwe. Kutheni uzikhathaze? Kungcono ukuhamba ngokwakho kwaye uziqonde, kwaye uThixo uya kuhlala ekutshela indlela yokwenza okulungileyo.