Kukholelwa ukuba iminyaka yobudala engama-70 ukuya kwangu-80 iyinto eqhelekileyo yobomi bomntu. Ngelo xesha, kukho imizekelo emininzi yembali eqinisekisa ukuba umntu unokuphila ngokuphephile ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka, ehlala engqondweni ephilileyo kwaye esebenza ngokusemandleni.
Kuzo zonke ikhonkco zehlabathi kukho ixesha elide, kodwa uninzi lwabo bonke baseJapan, amazwe aseMntla naseNtshona Yurophu, nakwi-USA. Iimfihlelo zobomi bexesha elide azixazululwayo nanamhla, kwaye iimfihlelo ezenziwa ngabanini bamarekhodi ngamanye amaxesha zilula kwaye zincinci, kwaye bonke abantu abaphumelele kwiminyaka eyikhulu ubudala, bekhokelela kwimpilo enempilo, babe neendawo eziphezulu zezenhlalakahle baze baphile kwimpumelelo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuba abaninzi abantu abunqobileyo umqobo wokudala abaneminyaka yobudala bayaqhubeka bephila njengokuba ubudala babo abukhathaleli. Oogqirha bathi izigulane zabo ezigulane ngamanye amaxesha zininzi "zihamba phambili" kwaye zisebenza ngaphezu kwabahlobo babo, umncinci kwiminyaka eyi-10-20, musa ukukhalaza ngempilo yabo kwaye kumaxesha amaninzi bafumana abantwana babo.
Nantsi ukhetho olumnandi lwabadala abasinde, abaneminyaka yabo eqinisekisiwe ngokusemthethweni. Abanye babo sele befile, abanye baqhubeka bephila, kwaye, mhlawumbi, ubudala obufikelelwe ngabo bunokugqithisa nakwizinto ezilindeleke kakhulu.
U-Emma Morano (owazalwa ngowe-1899)
Esi sibindi eside saseNtaliyane, esineminyaka eyi-116 ubudala, ngumnini werekhodi yokulinda ubomi phakathi kwezinto eziphilayo. Emva kokufa komntwana omnye kunye nokuqhawula umyeni wakhe, uhlala yedwa kwikhaya lakhe. Phakathi kweemfihlelo zobomi bakhe, ubiza ukutya kwakhe, apho kukho amaqanda kunye nenyama imihla ngemihla, kunye nokujonga izinto ezintle ebomini.
Imfihlelo yam isondlo ngamaqanda aluhlaza, endiyidlayo imihla ngemihla kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-100.
UJeanne Kalman (1875 - 1997)
Umntu omdala kunazo zonke zomhlaba, onokuzalwa kwakhe kunye nokufa kwakhe ngokuqinisekileyo ngokuqinisekileyo, ukushiya eli lizwe elineminyaka engama-122, ngaphambi kokubamba isikhundla sexesha elide elide elide. Iminyaka eyi-12 yokugqibela yobomi bakhe, umfazi waseFransi uZhanna Kalman, wayehlala kwikhaya lokunyamekela apho afumana khona intatheli ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, kwaye ngowe-1990 wadlala indima episodic kwifilimu yaseVan Gogh, eyayinenhlanhla ukubona njengomntwana. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba malunga nokuphela kweminyaka yakhe uKalman wayebhema, wayela iwayini kwaye wadla i-tshokoleta eninzi.
Ndine-wrinkle enye kwaye ndihleli kuyo.
UYisrael Krishtal (owazalwa ngo-1903)
UmSirayeli oneminyaka eyi-122 u-Krishtal ngoku uhlala kwaSirayeli, enesimo esiqinisekisiweyo somntu omdala emhlabeni. Omnye owayengumbanjwa waseAuschwitz, ngexesha leminyaka yamaNazi, wayemlondoloza ngokumangalisayo ubomi bakhe, okwakusindiswa ngokunyanisekileyo ngumsebenzi wakhe. Kuze kube ngoku, umculi, owapheka ieskese malunga neminyaka eyi-100, ngokwakhe ulandela umveliso weesekese kwinkampani yakhe.
Andiyazi imfihlelo yokuphila ixesha elide. Ndiyakholwa ukuba yonke into isetyenziswe ngaphambili, kwaye asisoze sazi zeziphi izizathu. Kwakukho abantu abanengqiqo, banamandla, baninzi kunam, kodwa ababasaphila.
USara Knauss (1880 -1999)
Lo mkhulu kakhulu, ogqithise umgca oneminyaka eyi-119 ubudala, ngumdala kunabo bonke abahlala e-US bafazi. Uneminyaka eyi-115 ubudala wayenguye umntu ozimeleyo kwaye akazange akhononde ngempilo yakhe. Egqithiswe ilifa elide likaSara nentombi yakhe, owayegubha iminyaka eyikhulu waza waphila emva koko omnye unyaka. Abesifazane besintu babhiyozela ubunqabileyo bakhe obunokuthula kunye nobuhle, obunomdla kulo lonke ubomi.
Ndaphila kwiimfazwe ezi-7 zaseMerika, ukuCaluleka okukhulu nokufa komyeni wam emva kweminyaka engama-64 yomtshato.
Yone Minagawa (1893 - 2007)
Kwimeko enomdla womhlali waseJapan, owokugqibela wagubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa eneminyaka eyi-114. Ngokutsho kobubungqina bezalamane, lo mfazi wahlala enamandla ebomini bakhe bonke, wayengqondo ephilileyo, ethanda ukuhlala emphakathini kunye nokudanisa (nakuba esesitulo sabakhubazekile). Imfihlelo yokuphila kwakhe, uEne, owasinda kubantwana bakhe abane, wayebheke "ubuthongo obuhle" kunye "nokutya okulungileyo".
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