Xa kufikwa kubomi nokufa, abantu basoloko besetyenziselwa ukuzahlula zibe zizihlandlo ezibini ezichaseneyo: ubomi bukukhanya okutsha nokushushu kwentsasa, iintyatyambo ezidubulayo emasebeni, nethemba elibanjwe ngokuqinileyo ezintendeni; ngelixa ukufa bubusuku obubandayo kunye nobuzolileyo, amagqabi abunayo awela emasebeni, kunye nesiphelo esingenakuphepheka esibaleka kuso. Olu loyiko lwethuku lusenza sihlale sixakeke kukwandisa ubude bobomi, kodwa singakuhoyi ukuphonononga ubunzulu bobomi, kwaye sihlala singazimiselanga ukujongana nenyaniso yokuba ukufa yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yobomi. Abazange bahlukane neentshaba, kodwa amaqabane ahlala kunye kwaye axhomekeke omnye komnye kumjikelo wendalo.
Ukuxabiseka kobomi akuhlalanga ngonaphakade, kodwa kumda kunye namandla abo.Ubomi yindlela enye-yohambo. Ukuqala kwisikhalo sokuzalwa, sichukumisa ukufudumala kunye nokubanda kwehlabathi ngokufuna ukwazi kunye nomdlandla, ukuva ukufudumala kothando lwentsapho, ukunyaniseka kobuhlobo, kunye nobuhle bothando, amava okuhleka kunye neenyembezi, ukuguda kunye nokukhungatheka, sikhule kuwo onke amava, kwaye sizityebise kuyo yonke imbono. Ukhula lwasendle luya kuzama ukutyhutyha umhlaba, intyatyambo encinane iya kudubula ngenkalipho ijonge elangeni, kwaye intaka ephaphazelayo iya kuzingisa ukolula amaphiko ayo kwaye ibhabha. Bonke abantu behlabathi bazama ngako konke okusemandleni ukukhanyisa ukukhanya kwabo ngexesha eliqingqiweyo, eyona ntsingiselo yantlandlolo yobomi - hayi ukubakho nje, kodwa ukukhula ngokufudumeleyo, ukuziva ngononophelo, kwaye sishiye uphawu olulodwa lolwethu. Akuyomfuneko ukuba sisokole xa ubomi buya kuphela, vele sixabise umzuzu ngamnye weli xesha langoku, sithande ngokunyanisekileyo, siphile ngokunzulu, kwaye sizalise ubomi obulinganiselweyo ngokufudumala nexabiso.
Ukufa akuyoyikeka. Ayikokutshatyalaliswa kobomi, kodwa ngumjikelo kunye nendawo ekuyiwa kuyo indalo.Ukuzalwa, ukwaluphala, ukugula kunye nokufa yeyona mithetho ilungileyo emhlabeni, akukho mntu unokuba ngumqobo ngaphandle kobutyebi okanye iwonga. Sihlala sicinga ukuba ukufa kukulahlekelwa, ukwahlukana kunye nokuphela kwayo yonke into, kodwa ukusuka kwelinye imbono, ukufa kukuguqulwa nje kweefom zobomi: amaqabunga awileyo ajika abe ludaka lwasentwasahlobo ukuze ondle imithi emitsha, amanzi ahambayo adibanisa kwimilambo kunye neelwandle ukuze abuyele kubukhulu, kwaye ubomi obulahlekileyo abuyi kunyamalala ngokwenene. Abo sasibathandayo, ukufudumala esikushiyileyo, kunye nobubele esadlulayo baya kuhlala behleli emhlabeni, babe kukukhanya kwinkumbulo yezizukulwana ezizayo, kwaye badibanise kumjikelo wendalo. Ukufa kusifundisa ukuba sibuxabise, kusenza siqonde ubuthathaka kunye nokuxabiseka kobomi, kusenza siyeke ukuzithiba kunye neengxabano, siyazi indlela yokuhlonela ubomi, ukuphatha abanye kunye nathi ngobubele. Ayisosiphelo esimnyama, kodwa sisikhumbuzo sokuba kufuneka siphile njengoko sifuna kwixesha esiphila kulo.
Umjikelo wobomi nokufa ngumthetho wanaphakade wendalo iphela, kunye neyona nyaniso ithambileyo yobomi. Akuyomfuneko ukuba soyike ukuza kokufa, okanye sichithe ixesha lobomi. Ubomi businika ilungelo lokuziva ihlabathi, kwaye ukufa kusinika ukuzola ukulungisa ixesha elidlulileyo. Bayaphelelisana, besenza ubomi bube nentsingiselo kwaye yonke indlela yokuvalelisana ibalulekile. Ngamana sonke singaphatha ubomi ngoloyiko, sibamkele ubomi ngentshiseko, kwaye sijongane nokwahlukana kwaye siphele ngengqondo ezolileyo nenoxolo, siqonde ukuba kufuneka siphile ngokuqaqamba ngokugqibeleleyo xa sisaphila, kwaye samkele ilungiselelo lendalo ngoxolo xa sidlula, kwaye siphile eyona nto siyinyani kwaye ishushu kumjikelo wobomi nokufa.
