Ubungakanani bonyaka unyaka-366 kwiintsuku ezingama-365 zonyaka oqhelekileyo. Ngokweimpawu eziye zaphuhliswa kumaxesha amandulo, unyaka wokuxhamla lixesha elibi kuyo yonke into ebalulekileyo, kuba bonke baya kuphumelela. Abanye banokuzithemba ngeenkolelo ezinjalo kwaye abanesabi ngunyaka ozayo. Abanye, ngokuphambene noko, soyika, kwaye bamkele konke okubi. Ngelo xesha, izibini ezithandweni zihlala ziphazamisekile, ingaba zinokwenzeka ukudibanisa ubomi babo kunye neentsapho zabo kunye nokubamba imiramente yomtshato ngeli xesha.
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukutshata ngomnyaka wokugqithisa ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga kwecawa?
Iintsuku ezongezelelweyo eziwela ngoFebhuwari 29, nazo zinalo igama - usuku lukaKasanov. Kwangexesha elide lithathwa njengelona lunzima kunobungozi kubantu. Wayebandakanyeka kunye neenkolelo ezininzi kunye neenkolelo. Nangona kunjalo, kwixesha elizayo, abantu baqala ukwesaba nje kuphela lo mhla, kodwa unyaka wonke unyaka.
Ngokwezibalo, ngoku kunye nabo bahlala kwiinkonzo zamandulo, bazama ukungenzi umtshato kwaye bangatshatanga kweli xesha. Kodwa zithini na izizathu ezinobulungisa? Icawa ngokwayo ayiboni le nxaxheba. Ukuba abantu banamakholwa ngokwenene kwaye bathandana ngokunyanisekileyo, ngoko unyaka wokuqhawula kwabo awuyi kuba yithintelo ekudalweni kwintsapho eqinile.
Icawa ayibonanga nayiphi na into enqabileyo ngeli xesha, ngoko kunokwenzeka ukutshata ngunyaka ophelileyo, ngaphandle kokucinga ngemiphumo emibi. Abameli bobuKristu bayaqiniseka ukuba ubudlelwane bosapho abuxhomekeke kwimini embi okanye emihle kunye namanani. Into ebaluleke kakhulu yimvakalelo yothando kunye nentlonelo yeqabane elinganceda ukunqoba zonke iingxaki kunye nemithintelo endleleni. Kodwa ukuba abantu abaselula bayesaba kakhulu kulo nyaka kwaye bayaqiniseka ukuba akuyi kubakho nantoni na, ngoko ke, kulungile ukuyeka umtshato kuze kube yithuba elifanelekileyo.