Thina bantu besilokhu silwela ukujabula kusukela ekuqaleni kokuba khona kwethu. Sizama izinto eziningi futhi sithatha ehluke kakhulu futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, izindlela eziyingozi kakhulu ukuze sikwazi ukuzwa/ukukhombisa ukuzwana, injabulo kanye nenjabulo ezimpilweni zethu futhi. Ekugcineni, lokhu nakho kuyinto esinika injongo ekuphileni, okuthile okuvela kuyo imigomo yethu. Singathanda ukuzwa imizwa yothando nenjabulo futhi, okungcono unomphela, noma nini, noma kuphi. Nokho, ngokuvamile asikwazi ukuwufinyelela lo mgomo. ...

Ingabe sikhona isikhathi sendawo yonke esithinta yonke into ekhona? Isikhathi esiphezulu lapho wonke umuntu ephoqeleka ukuba ahambisane naso? Amandla ahlanganisa konke abelokhu eguga thina bantu kusukela ekuqaleni kokuba khona kwethu? Nokho, izinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezazi zefilosofi nososayensi ziye zabhekana nezenzakalo zesikhathi kuwo wonke umlando wesintu, futhi izinkolelo-mbono ezintsha ziye zavela ngokuphindaphindiwe. U-Albert Einstein uthe isikhathi sihlobene, okusho ukuthi sincike kumuntu obukele, noma leso sikhathi singadlula ngokushesha noma kancane kuye ngejubane lesimo esibonakalayo. Yebo wayeqinisile impela ngalenkulumo. ...

Abantu bebelokhu bezibuza ukuthi ikusasa linqunyelwe kusengaphambili noma cha. Abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi ikusasa lethu limisiwe futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani, alinakushintshwa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunabantu abaqinisekayo ukuthi ikusasa lethu alinqunywanga kusengaphambili nokuthi singalilolonga ngokukhululeka ngokuphelele ngenxa yenkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela. Kodwa yimuphi umbono oyiqiniso ekugcineni? Ingabe enye yezinkolelo-mbono ihambisana neqiniso noma ingabe ikusasa lethu linento ehluke ngokuphelele kulo? ...

Eminyakeni yami encane, angizange ngicabange ngempela ngokuba khona kwamanje. Ngokuphambene, isikhathi esiningi angizange ngilingise lesi sakhiwo esihlanganisa konke. Bengingavamile ukuhlala ngokwengqondo kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi manje futhi ngivame ukulahlekelwa yimina kaningi emaphethini/izimo ezimbi ezedlule noma zesikhathi esizayo. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangingakwazi lokhu ngakho-ke kwenzeka ukuthi ngidwebe okuningi kokubi kusukela esikhathini sami esidlule noma ikusasa lami. ...

Konke empilweni yomuntu kufanele kube ncamashi okwenzeka njengamanje. Asikho isimo okungenzeka ukuthi kwenzeke okunye. Ubungeke uhlangabezane nalutho, empeleni akukho okunye, ngoba ngaphandle kwalokho ubuyobhekana nento ehluke ngokuphelele, khona-ke ubuyobona isigaba sempilo esihluke ngokuphelele. Kodwa ngokuvamile asaneliswa ukuphila kwethu kwamanje, sikhathazeka kakhulu ngezinto ezidlule, singazisola ngezenzo ezidlule futhi ngokuvamile sizizwa sinecala. ...

Isikhathi samanje yisikhathi saphakade esihlala sikhona, esikhona futhi esizoba khona. Isikhathi esikhula ngokungenasiphelo esihambisana nempilo yethu ngokuqhubekayo futhi sibe nomthelela unomphela ukuba khona kwethu. Ngosizo lwamanje singakwazi ukubumba iqiniso lethu futhi sithole amandla kulo mthombo ongashi. Kodwa akubona bonke abantu abawaziyo amandla amanje okudala; abantu abaningi ngokungazi bagwema okwamanje futhi bavame ukulahlekelwa bona ...