Imisebenzi Eminingi Ethembisayo Yomuntu Oziphilisa Ngokuzibulala

Abanye abantu, njengoLeonardo da Vinci, banikela ngemikhakha eminingana. Abanye banomsebenzi omkhulu kanye nokuzilibazisa abakwenza ngokungathi sína. (Isazi sefilosofi uFriedrich Nietzsche, ngokwesibonelo, waqamba umculo.) Futhi abanye banemisebenzi eminingi. (Udokotela uPeter Attia wasebenza njengodokotela ohlinzayo, umeluleki, unjiniyela, kanye nomshayi wesibhakela.) Kukhona nalabo abaguqula imisebenzi kaningi, ngoba bakwazisa kakhulu ukuhlukahluka. (Bangaba abasebenzi abafiseleka kakhulu ngenxa yokuzivumelanisa nezimo, ukuhlanganiswa kwangempela emnothweni oshintsha ngokushesha.)

Kepha kuwo wonke umuntu ophumelela ukuphatha indawo engaphezu kweyodwa, kunabaningi abacwilisa izinzwane zabo emanzini emifula ehlukahlukene ngaphandle kokujula kakhulu. Bazama lokhu, lokho, nokunye, befuna “into yangempela.” Bakholelwa ukuthi banethalente labo okuthile kepha angazi ukuthi yini leyo nto. Kubonakala kubo ukuthi uma kuphela bethola inkambu efanele, bazoqiniseka ngokuzihlukanisa.

U-Edith Wharton uchaza umuntu onje, insizwa egama linguDick Peyton, kule noveli Indawo Engcwele . Umama kaDick akakwazi ukubekezelela ukubona uDick eba "umuntu othanda imali" futhi ukhuthaza imfundo evulekile ukuze abone isimo sengqondo sikaDick sintengantenga futhi nezintshisekelo zakhe ziguquka ngokushesha. UWharton uyabhala:

Noma yibuphi ubuciko ayebuthokozela wayefisa ukuzijwayeza, futhi wadlula esuka emculweni waya ekudwebeni, kusukela ekudwebeni kuya ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo, ngokukhululeka okwakubonakala kunina ukukhombisa ukungabi nenjongo kunokweqa ithalente.

Kwenzekani ezimweni ezinjengezikaDick? Yini echaza ukuntengantenga nokunqikaza njalo?

Impendulo eyodwa kungenzeka ukuthi umuntu angaba nokulindela okungenangqondo ukuthi impumelelo ingafinyelelwa ngokushesha noma kalula kanjani. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi impumelelo ibonakala iza ngokushesha kwabanye, kepha lokho kuyivelakancane kakhulu - akuyona into yokubheja - futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, impumelelo yakuqala ingaba yisiqalekiso kunokuba isibusiso. Abanye abadlali bezingane, ngokwesibonelo, abalokothi baqhubeke nomsebenzi wokulingisa wabantu abadala yize bezama, futhi nemisebenzi yababhali incwadi yabo yokuqala engundabamlonyeni ingase ime. (Lokho kubonakala sengathi kwenzekile kuHarper Lee, umbhali we Ku Bulala i-Mockingbird , naku-J.D. Salinger, umbhali we Umbambi ku-Rye .)

UWharton uphakamisa ukuthi kukhona okunye okuyiqiniso ngoDick, okuthile okungasiza ekuchazeni indlela impilo yakhe eqhubeka ngayo: akaqhutshwa ngokwanele ngaphakathi. Usho okulandelayo ngokusabela kukanina kaDick ekushintsheni kwezintshisekelo zikaDick:

Wayebonile ukuthi lezi zinguquko zazivame ukudalwa, hhayi ukuzigxeka, kodwa ukudangala kwangaphandle. Noma ikuphi ukwehla komsebenzi wakhe kwakwanele ukumkholisa ngokungabi namsebenzi kokuphishekela leyo ndlela yobuciko ekhethekile, futhi ukusabela kwaveza ukukholelwa ngokushesha ukuthi wayehlose ukukhanya komunye umsebenzi.

Ngeshwa, akulandeli ukuthi uhlushwe endaweni eyodwa ukuthi umiselwe ukuzuza impumelelo enkulu kwenye indawo. Okubaluleke kakhulu, wonke umuntu ophumelele ube nokuhluleka okuningi. (Kuthiwa uBenjamin Franklin wazibamba ngogesi ngesikhathi enza ucwaningo lukagesi; UThomas Edison kungenzeka wazama amakhulu ezinto zokwenziwa kufilbhu yesibani ngaphambi kokuba athole eyodwa eyayisebenza; noLeonardo da Vinci, ngokufanayo, wakhandlekela imisebenzi eminingi Ngaphezu kwalokho, nalabo abaphumelele kakhulu kumele babhekane nokugxekwa. Ngenkathi abanye bezikhohlisa ukuthi konke ukugxekwa komsebenzi wabo kuhlanekezelwe futhi bazithanda njengabaqondakali abangaqondakali, abanye, njengoDick, bayayeka lapho kuqala uphawu lwempendulo engemihle futhi esikhundleni sokusebenzisa ukugxeka njengolwazi olungasiza umuntu ukuba athuthuke, bakhipha isisu zama ngokuphelele futhi uqhubeke nokufuna okuthile okusha, inkambu ecacile ngokombono wabo, eyodwa lapho, bengazami lutho, okwamanje bengenakho ukwehluleka.

Unina kaDick Peyton - yize engenayo imali eningi - ukhokhela uDick ukuthi aye esikoleni sobuciko esikhethiwe iminyaka emine ngemuva kwekolishi ngethemba lokuthi "isifundo esiqinisekile" kanye nokuncintisana kwabanye abafundi abanethalente " alungise isimo sakhe sengqondo sokuntengantenga. ” Kepha ngenkathi uDick enza kahle esikoleni, akucaci ukuthi unakho okudingekayo ukuze aphumelele emhlabeni wangempela. UWharton usho okulandelayo ngokuthuthuka komsebenzi kaDick ngemuva kwesikole sobuciko:

Eduzane nokunqoba okulula kokufundela kwakhe kwafika ukusabela okubandayo kokunganaki komphakathi. UDick, ekubuyeni kwakhe eParis, wayesebenze ubudlelwano nomakhi wezakhiwo owayeseqeqeshwe iminyaka eminingana ehhovisi laseNew York; kepha uGill owayethule futhi ekhuthele, yize ekhanga kule femu imisebenzi embalwa emincane eyayichichima ebhizinisini lowayengumqashi wakhe wangaphambilini, akakwazanga ukuthelela umphakathi ngokholo lwakhe kumathalente kaPeyton, futhi wayezama ubuhlakani Ozibona enekhono lokwakha izigodlo kufanele anqande imizamo yakhe ekwakheni izindlu ezincane zasemadolobheni noma ukuhlela ukuguqulwa okungabizi ezindlini ezizimele.

Umbuzo omkhulu lapha ukuthi ngabe ukungaphumeleli kukaDick kuhlobene yini nethalente noma umlingiswa. Owesifazane uDick ufuna ukushada, uClemence Verney, ukholelwa ukuthi kungenxa yesimilo, ethi kumama kaDick:

Umuntu akakwazi ukufundisa umuntu ukuthi abe nobuhlakani, kepha uma enayo omunye angamkhombisa ukuthi uyisebenzisa kanjani. Yilokho okufanele ngikulungele, uyabona — ukumgcina emathubeni akhe.

Eqinisweni, ithalente likaDick lidlulwa lelo lomngane wakhe onesiphiwo esikhulu, umakhi osemncane ogama lakhe linguPaul Darrow. Yize kunjalo, uDick unethalente elanele lokuba ngumakhi wezakhiwo ophumelelayo, yize mhlawumbe engemkhulu njengoPaul. Inkinga ukuthi akanaso isixazululo esidingekayo. Isibonelo, ngesinye isikhathi, uDick noPaul bobabili basebenzela ukwakha izakhiwo zomncintiswano. Idolobha livote isizumbulu semali sesakhiwo esisha samamnyuziyamu, futhi lezi zinsizwa ezimbili zihlose ukuletha amapulani. Lapho uDick ebona imidwebo kaPaul, udangala kakhulu esikhundleni sokuzizwa enesifiso sokusebenza kanzima.

Ngokuthola kwethuba, uPaul ubanjwa inyumoniya ngemuva nje kokuphothula owakhe umncintiswano. Ushiyela uDick incwadi, emnikeza imvume yokusebenzisa umklamo wakhe kulo mncintiswano. UPaul akalulami ekuguleni kwakhe futhi usheshe afe. UDick, incwadi kaPaul esandleni, ulingeka ukuba asebenzise umklamo womngani wakhe. Isikhathi esithile, uhlose ukukudlulisa kube okwakhe. Kepha uDick uyabona ukuthi umama wakhe uyambuka futhi useziqedile izinhloso zakhe. Yize engasho lutho, ubukhona bakhe buhlola imizwa yakhe. Ekugcineni, unquma ukuhoxa ngokuphelele emncintiswaneni, athi kunina:

Ngifuna wazi ukuthi kungukwenza kwakho — ukuthi ukube ubudedele isikhashana bekufanele ngenze ngaphansi — nokuthi ukube bengingaphansi bekungeke ngiphinde ngibuye ngiphile.

Okushiwo nguDick ngokuthi “ungene ngaphansi” ukuthi ngaphandle kweso elibukhali likanina, ubezosebenzisa imidwebo kaPaul futhi anqobe umncintiswano ngaphansi kokuzenzisa okungamanga, obekungaba wukuqedwa kokuziphatha nobungcweti. Umlingiswa kaDick, ngakho-ke, ukhonjiswa enesisekelo sokuziphatha. Akaphuli ikhodi yobungcweti yokuhlonishwa. Kepha udaba luhlala lukhona: ngenkathi engavumi ukulingwa okubi kakhulu, untula izimfanelo azidingayo ukuze aphumelele. Uyantula, njengoba singase sithi namuhla, uyaluza. UDick uthambekele kakhulu ekungabazeni nasezinqumweni.

Enye yezinkinga lapha, kufanele kuqashelwe, ukuthi ukusuka komunye umzamo uye kwesinye kwesinye isikhathi kukhuthazwa yizizathu ezizwakalayo, okwenza ukuzilinganisa nokuzikhohlisa kube lula kwezinye izimo. Okokuqala, kunokuthile okufanele kushiwo ngokungabi yisisulu salokho kubiza izindleko zokukhohlisa. Ukuthi lowo uchithe iminyaka emithathu esikoleni se-med, ngokwesibonelo, akusho ukuthi umuntu kumele abe ngudokotela ngazo zonke izindlela noma ngabe umuntu ezizwa ehlupheka ngokuphelele njengomfundi wezokwelapha futhi engabheki phambili ekusebenzeni njengodokotela. Umuntu angahle, ngemuva kwakho konke, enze iphutha, athathe indlela engafanele, futhi ngokushesha lapho ebona lokhu, kungcono. Awukwazi ukukhokhela iminyaka emithathu elahlekile ngokulahlekelwa eminye emithathu, noma amashumi amathathu.

Okwesibili, asihlali sazi ukuthi yini amandla ethu. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi kungahle kube nenkambu onayo ukwazi ngaphandle kokuyazi. Yingakho kuwumqondo omuhle ukunikeza abantu abasha ithuba lokuzama futhi bathole amakhono abo.

Ukuphendula iphuzu lokuqala, nokho, qaphela ukuthi uDick akafani nesitshudeni sobudokotela esiya ekuboneni ukuthi akanandaba neze ne-biology ne-anatomy noma mhlawumbe, ukuthi akathandi ukubona izinaliti. UDick uyeke ukwenza izinto ezahlukahlukene hhayi ngoba ethola ukungafani phakathi komsebenzi othile kanye nobumnene bakhe, kepha ngoba udikibele ukugxekwa okuncane. Akukho lutho ngaphandle kokudumisa okungamgcina eqhubeka, futhi njengoba ukudumisa kungahlali kutholakala, uba nomkhuba wokuyeka. Lokho ukuthambekela kumuntu kwenza konke ukuphishekela ukulingana okungalungile. Ayikho indlela elungele umuntu ozilimazayo kanye noshiye phansi.

Ngokuqondene nephoyinti lesibili, umuntu angaphikisana nokuthi amandla weqiniso kungenzeka atholakale, ngandlela thile. Kepha noma kungenjalo, impilo yomuntu ayimude ngokwanele ukuzama yonke into (futhi akekho noyedwa umuntu ongasisekela ngokwezezimali ukuze siqhubeke nokusesha). Kuliqiniso impela ukuthi kungenzeka siphuthelwe yithuba lethu elingcono kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi asikaze sizame okuthile esingahle sibe nakho kakhulu, kodwa uma singanamatheli kunoma yini, sizophuthelwa wonke amathuba. Ngaphandle kwesixazululo, ngeke simane sifake umsebenzi odingekayo ukunquma ukuthi sinamakhono kangakanani ngomsebenzi esiwunikiwe. Uma uqhuba i-violin izinsuku ezimbili kuphela, awusoze wazi ukuthi ngabe ubungumtshayi omkhulu yini.

Kunodaba lokugcina engifisa ukulusho. Kuhlobene nokugxila kukaDick emphumeleni wokugcina kunenqubo yokusebenza ngendlela yakhe ebheke emgomweni. Ngesinye isikhathi, umama kaDick umbuza ngomklamo womncintiswano. Uthi iphrojekthi isikulungele nokuthi kumele awine umncintiswano kulokhu. UWharton usho lokhu ngokusabela kukamama:

UNkk. Peyton wahlala wathula, ecabanga ngobuso bakhe obucwengekile neso lakhe elikhanyisiwe, okungukuthi lezo zomnqobi osondela egoli kunomgijimi osanda kuqala umjaho. Wakhumbula okuthile uDarrow [umngane onekhono ngokwakha uDick] ake wathi ngaye: “UDick uhlale njalo ebona ukuphela kusenesikhathi.”

Lokho-ke kuyinhlekelele kaDick. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uthi ukwehlulwa kusenesikhathi. Unikela kalula; isikhathi nesikhathi, uyayeka. Kepha futhi ubona intambo ngokushesha kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi uDick enesiqalo esiningi esithembisayo, akaqedi lutho. Umemezela ukuhlulwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi nangaphambi kwesikhathi futhi, uyakuthanda ukunqoba.