(inguqulo yalesi sihloko yaqala ukuvela kuyo Ukuguquka Ukungaboni)
U-Anne Montgomery ushone izolo. Ngikhumbula amazwi akhe kimina nakumngane wethu osemncane wase-Iraq u-Eva, ehlezi ehhotela i-Al Monzer e-Amman, eJordani. Lokhu kwakungo-2006, futhi wayelinde amasonto amathathu ukuthola i-visa yokungena e-Iraq njengofakazi wokuthula. U-Anne wayesedlulele ezindaweni zezingxabano izikhathi eziningi kunanoma yisiphi esinye isishoshovu engangingasazi. Kula masonto enathi, ubekade ehlangana futhi esebenza nababaleki base-Iraq, abaningi babo abangenazo izincwadi futhi bedonsa kanzima ukuze baziphilise eJordani.
Manje ukulinda kwase kuphelile. Ama-visa ayengakafiki, futhi u-Anne wayenqume ukuthi wayedingeka kakhulu edolobheni lasePalestine West Bank, iHebroni, lapho iQembu Lokuthula LamaKristu - ngaleso sikhathi, "wayeyi-CPT-er" iminyaka engu-11 - wayenabasebenzi abambalwa kakhulu. futhi wayecele inyanga yesikhathi sakhe. Wayezozama ukuwela iJordani aye kwa-Israel ngetekisi, njengoba u-Israel wayenganqaba ngempela ukungena, futhi sasizomgcinela umbhede. Kodwa okwamanje, silazise ithuba lokufunda kuye uma kwenzeka lokhu behlukana.
Kwakunjalo, futhi ukwehlukana okukhulu sekufikile manje, ngakho ngiyaduduzeka emazwini akhe, futhi ngizinikele kabusha ekuthatheni isiqondiso kubo.
Ngabuza u-Anne ngomunye wabantu ababephila ngesikhathi sakhe, uBarbara Deming, owayebambe iqhaza ekulweleni amalungelo abantu, ukulingana kwabesifazane kanye nokuqeda iMpi YaseVietnam. Nakuba evuma ukuthi ukuze baphumelele izishoshovu zokuthula kumelwe babe โbaningi kunalokho esiyikho manje,โ noma kunjalo uDeming wayephikelele ngokuthi izishoshovu kumelwe zihlanganyele ngenjabulo nangokuzimisela kulokho akubiza ngokuthi โukusungulwa okuqhubekayo kokungabi nabudlova.โ Ngakho ngabuza u-Anne ngezincomo zakhe mayelana nokusungula izinto nokungabi nabudlova. Wathi:
Ngicabanga ukuthi lona bekuwumbuzo omkhulu ngaso sonke isikhathi ngoba sidinga ukusungula izinto futhi singaziphenduleli ngaso sonke isikhathi ... Ngakuzwa ePalestine ngenkathi kwakhiwa udonga lapho phakathi kwe-Israel neWest Bank. Salinda isikhathi eside kakhulu. Kubalulekile ukufika lapho ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke. Ukubona into ezayo futhi kungadingeki ukuthi iphinde le nkinga ... ukuzama ukuqeda le nkinga ngaphambi kokuthi yenzeke.
Yebo, awukwazi ukuphinda njalo lokho okwenzile ngaphambilini. Ngenkathi ngijoyina i-CPT, ngangichithe iminyaka eyi-10 ngenza umsebenzi we-Plowshares. Ngacabanga, โMhlawumbe kufanele sizame okuthile okusha.โ Okwangimangaza wukuthi abantu abasha bebelokhu beza futhi behlanganyela ezenzweni zamakhuba. Babecabanga indlela yabo yokudala yokwenza izenzo. Bawuthatha lo mbono, lo moya, futhi bathola ukuthi ungena kuphi odabeni olubathintayo - umkhankaso wabo wokuvala isiteshi sezinhloli noma inkundla yezindiza noma noma yikuphi usongo lwempi yenuzi noma oluvamile ababebhekene nalo. Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuciko bubaluleke kakhulu.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuthi ungabheki ukusebenza ngokushesha, ucabange ukuthi kufanele kusebenze futhi kufanele sibone imiphumela, noma akukuhle. Izimashi ezinkulu ezimelene nomthetho wokufika kwabantu base-US zenzekile, muva nje, ezindaweni eziningi. Le mithetho idala ukufa nokucekelwa phansi okubi, futhi imashi yabantu abaningi imthinte ngempela uhulumeni. Kwenzeka okufanayo ngeMpi yaseVietnam. Ngezinye izikhathi kufaneleka kakhulu ukuba namamashi amakhulu. Kodwa ukungaguquguquki kuyadingeka ngisho nasekwenzeni izinto ezincane.
U-Eva wabuza u-Anne ukuthi usho ukuthini ngezinto ezincane. Waphendula:
Hhayi-ke, ngicabanga ngamaqembu amancane. Ngicabanga ngabangane bethu ababili abasanda kuphuma e-Baghdad. Ngesikhathi [womabili amalungu e-CPT] ehamba ngesonto eledlule, abantu babekhala ngoba i-CPT kwakuyiqembu elilodwa ebelihleli. Ukuvumelana kubaluleke kakhulu. Uma kuyinto efanele ukuyenza, qhubeka uyenza.
Ngo-December ngahamba neqembu labantu abangu-25 saya esangweni elikude kakhulu esingalifinyelela eduze kwaseGuantanamo. Kwakuwukuzizwisa okukhulu okwaqhubeka izinsuku ezingu-10.
Kodwa awukwazi ukuvele uye ekhaya futhi uyishiye. Manje abantu sebehlangene futhi badonsa abantu emphakathini obanzi. Okuthile kuzokwenzeka njengesinyathelo esilandelayo. Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukwazi ukwenza okuthile futhi ungadikibali. Wenze okufanele. Uma kushintsha thina kanye nabantu esibaziyo kanye nabantu esisebenza nabo, kusho ukuthi kwenza umehluko. Ngicabanga ukuthi likhona ithemba emakolishi amakolishi. Ngangise-Baltimore amasonto ambalwa nomphakathi wokuthula, uJonah House. Baletha abafundi basekolishi ukuze basize ngomsebenzi emagcekeni futhi bafunde ngezici ezahlukene zokwenza ukuthula. Uyakhuleka, ucabange futhi uzindle ndawonye. Uza kule mibuthano usuka endaweni ejulile ngaphakathi kwakho. Ugqugquzelwe okuthile. Awugxili nje emthandazweni, ucabanga ngencwadiโฆuphuma futhi uthole isenzo okufanele senziwa. Eminye imisebenzi eqhubekayo eyakha ukuthula.
Kwenzeka, umuntu nomuntu, umphakathi-to-umphakathi, bese kuqala ukuxhumana. Sinenethiwekhi yabantu manje - i-Atlantic Life Community - abahlangana ukusuka eMaine kuya eFlorida, ngezikhathi ezithile. Abaningi bathola umphakathi wabo kule mibuthano. Uthola umuzwa wokuthi awuwedwa, ukuthi usiza ekwakheni umphakathi. Sizibophezela esenzweni sokuhoxiswa kwezikhali ndawonye okungenani kanye ngonyaka. Alukho uhlaka oluningi โฆ Kunalokho, sithi sinesibopho sendlela yethu yokuphila, futhi ngezenzo ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ngaphandle kokulandelela.
Ngeminyaka yawo-1970, esebenza ezikoleni eziphethwe umphakathi wakubo wenkolo, iSisters of the Sacred Heart, u-Anne waba nesandla emsebenzini wokulwa nempi ikakhulukazi ngokukhuthaza abafundi bakhe ukuthi babuze imibuzo njengoba ebafundisa amakilasi abo esiNgisi, umlando kanye nefilosofi. Ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu efundisa ikakhulukazi ezikoleni ezizimele, wazizwa ebazi kakhulu ubumpofu ayebubiza ngokuthi โngaphesheya kweDolobha laseNew York,โ futhi wacela ukuqala ukusebenza โesikoleni sasemgwaqweniโ esinabafundi ababencishwe amathuba.
I-street academy bekuhloswe ngayo ukuthi idonsele abafundi abaphuma esikoleni. โBangifundise okuningi ngokuthi imali kahulumeni yayingayi kuphi,โ kusho u-Anne. โBebengenandaba nokuvota ngoba bekungabasizi ngalutho. Abanye babo bajoyina amasosha ukuze nje baphume emigwaqweni.โ
Njengoba ubushoshovu bakhe bukhula, u-Anne waqhubeka nokufunda kubantu ababehlala โezitaladini ezimbiโ ekhaya naphesheya, ezindaweni lapho abantu bengenalo iqhaza ezinzuzweni zezomnotho zomphakathi wabo. Wajeziswa ngokugqunywa ejele isikhathi eside ngokuba nengxenye Izenzo zamageja. Wayekhulume nabantu abasemajele avulekile ombuso wobushiqela waseMelika Emaphakathi, ehlanganyela ezenzweni ezisekelwe enkolweni ukuze abasize bazikhulule. Futhi wayelalele futhi wafunda ngezimo emigwaqweni eyayiqhunyiswa ngamabhomu nasezindaweni ezingomakhelwane - eSarajevo, eHebron naseBaghdad - lapho ukudubulana kwabaduni nokuqhuma kodaka kwakuvamile.
Ngemva kokubukela mathupha u-Anne ekhipha imizila emadolobheni amakhulu futhi ngezinye izikhathi anobutha, ehlanganisa amabanga amade ngezinyawo, ngase ngikhule ngilithanda kakhulu ikhono lakhe lokushaja izifundo. Kulowo mhlangano ngo-2006, ngambuza ukuthi angakwazi yini ukubona noma yimaphi amaphethini angamashumi eminyaka ethimba lakhe lokuthula ukuze izishoshovu ezinjengami ziwalandele.
Uthe iphethini eyokuqala, ukwakha imiphakathi, okwesibili, ukucabanga kahle ngezindlela neziphetho: ukungazami ukusimamisa impilo enzima yobushoshovu uwedwa, futhi uhlale ugcizelela ukuthi izindlela ozisebenzisayo zinquma isiphetho ofinyelela kuso. U-Anne wachaza:
Akuyona nje indaba yokuvala iminyango, ukumemeza, ukwenza isenzo saMageja noma yini, kodwa kuzo zonke izici akunabudlova, futhi akugcini nje ukumelana kodwa ukukwenza ngokuthula. Omunye wathi usebenzisa izandla ezimbili: ngesinye isandla uthi cha kodwa ngesinye uthi woza uhlanganyele nathi, ube yingxenye yethu. Nezinyawo ezimbili: ngonyawo olulodwa wenza umsebenzi wokupha kodwa olunye unyawo lokulunga. Uzama ukubona ukuthi yini ebangela ukungabi nabulungisa, indlala, bese uzama ukuyishintsha.
Kuphinde kube nekhwelo lokuthi abantu bangenelele ngaphandle kodlame futhi bathathe ingozi efanayo neyamasosha. Abasunguli be-CPT, uDan Berrigan nabanye bakhiphe le kholi. Amaqembu amaningi enza lolu hlobo lomsebenzi. Bazifaka engozini futhi bathi kunendlela yesithathu. Awukhawulelwe ekwenzeni impi noma ukunikezela. Ungamelana ngaphandle kobudlova futhi ube sendaweni yokuvikela abantu ngaphandle kobudlova.
Kuzo zonke izimo, kukhona umcindezeli kanye nalabo abacindezelweyo. Udlame lwesakhiwo kumele luqondwe, kanye nemiphumela yokulwa nokuhlasela ngezikhali. Kubalulekile ukufika kulolo dlame lwesakhiwo futhi ukhulume iqiniso ngalo.
ESarajevo, amasosha okuthula e-UN ayegijima emathangini anamavesti angangenwa izinhlamvu nezibhamu. Asikwenzanga lokho. Sazama ukuhlala nabantu futhi siqonde isimo sabo. Sasigijima sigqoke izikhindi nezikibha, kanye nazo, sizama ukuthola amanzi.
EMostar, ngikhumbula ukuthi amanye amasosha ayehlala emathangini awo akhulume nabantu. Bazama ngempela ukuba nobuhlobo obuthile, kodwa babesesemathangini abo. Abazange bakhishwe izikhali. Amasosha ase-Iraq ayasibuza, โNenzani ngaphandle ngaphandle kwesibhamu?โ Sithi, โSiphephe kakhudlwana ngale ndlela.โ Amanye amasosha asitshela ukuthi, โMhlawumbe uqinisile!โ
Ngabuza ukuthi inkolo yakhe yayiyithinta kanjani imizamo yakhe yoshintsho oluqhubekayo nesinyathelo esiqondile esingenalo ubudlova.
โNgiyabathanda abantu abafana noCamus abathi abakholelwa kuNkulunkulu,โ kusho u-Anne, amehlo akhe egcwele ukwazisa okuqotho ngesazi sefilosofi asithandayo.
Wasebenzela inqubekelaphambili kanye noguquko futhi wazibophezela okukhulu ngaphandle kokuba nalokho ukholo olusinika kona ngendlela yamandla, ithemba kanye nokondleka. Kimina, amasakramente anikeza umuzwa wobungcwele bomhlaba. I-Ekaristi ibaluleke kakhulu kimi.
Lapho iqembu lakheka elisekelwe okholweni futhi linomqondo womoya kaNkulunkulu osebenza eMhlabeni nakubantu, linikeza amandla amakhulu. Futhi awuzikhathazi kakhulu ngemiphumela. Uma sikholelwa ekutshaleni imbewu, futhi uma senza kulowo moya, kuyasiza nalapho uzizwa ungelutho.
Lapho abantu bekwazi ukuzwana ngokuthandaza ndawonye, โโubazi kangcono. Ukucasuka okuncane akukukhulu kakhulu ngoba ubona okubalulekile nokujulile kubantu. Kuyasiza ukunikeza umphakathi namandla nomoya. Uma kwenzeka okuthile njengokufa kukaTom, siphendukela okholweni. [UTom Fox, ilungu leQembu LamaKristu Lokuthula, wabanjwa e-Iraq futhi (ngokungafani nozakwabo abathathu abasaphila) wabulawa abathumbi bakhe ngo-2006.]
Ukukholwa kuyasiza uma usejele. Abantu beza. Amafomu eqembu elincane. Abantu bafuna lolo hlobo lwamandla, lapho behlukanisiwe futhi behlukunyezwa.
U-Eva ubelokhu ezibuza, nangaphambi kwengxoxo yethu, ukuthi u-Anne ukunqoba kanjani ukwesaba, lapho ebhekene nezingozi ezifana nalezo uTom Fox ayezithathe. U-Anne wayeneqiniso ngempela empendulweni yakhe.
Imvelo yami enkingeni iwukuba ngiqondise kakhulu. Angizizwa nginovalo olungaka. Ayingihluphi kabi. Uvele uqhamuke ethangini ukhombe izibhamu bese uyama. Angiqandi. Ngiqala ukucabanga ngaleso sikhathi.
Kunezikhathi lapho ngiye ngesaba, ngokwesibonelo, lapho ngingedwa edolobheni engingalazi ebumnyameni. Ngagetshengwa ePalestine, futhi kwakungekho okuningi engangingakwenza ngaphandle komzabalazo. Abantu ababengigebenga besaba futhi babaleka. Uma amasosha ekuhlasela, futhi kunesinqumo esisheshayo okufanele sithathwe, ngisakwazi ukucabanga futhi ngibone ukuthi kungcono yini ukuhlala lapho noma ukuhambisa eceleni. Kusemvelweni yami. Akusona isibindi; yindlela engisabela ngayo.
Ukwesaba kwami โโkugxile ekuzondeni ukuphikisana nabantu. Ngokwesibonelo, angithandi ukuphikisana nezifiki ezingamaJuda. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi uma uqhubeka nengxabano enjalo, uthola ukuthi baphatheke kabi kangakanani ngokuthi bashonelwe indodana noma bahlukumezeke. Kodwa ngicasha ngemva kwamabhanela emibukisweni; kuvela ekubeni namahloni.
U-Dan Berrigan uyazi ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukuya ejele isikhathi eside, kodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho iqembu lethu lokuthula eDolobheni laseNew York lihlezi e-Intrepid noma esiteshini sokuqasha, uba lapho. Ukuhlala esitokisini amahora ayisithupha kunzima kuye, kodwa ulapho. Ufinyelela kubantu ngezinkondlo, ngokufundisa, ngokubanika ukuhlehla.
Samelana nezijeziso, samelana nempi. Senzenjani manje? Kufanele silokhu sicabanga ngesigaba esilandelayo, nakuba singazange sihambe kahle nesiteji phambilini.
U-Eva watshela u-Anne ukuthi wayemthanda kangakanani. U-Anne waphakamisa amahlombe kancane kanye nokumamatheka okujabulisayo. โKubalulekile ukungaguquguquki futhi ungadikibali.โ
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