Ngithembe, ikhasimende ngeke liphinde libuye!”

Eminyakeni edlule, u-Sam Walton, umsunguli wenethiwekhi yokudayisa enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-WalMart, wavulela izisebenzi zakhe uhlelo lokuqeqesha, ngokuhlakanipha okukhulu.

Ngenkathi wonke umuntu elindele ingqungquthela yokuthengisa noma yesevisi, iqale ngamagama alandelayo:

'Yimina indoda engena endaweni yokudlela, ihlale etafuleni futhi ilinde ngesineke, kuyilapho uweta enza konke kodwa abhale isicelo sami.

Ngiyindoda engena esitolo ngilinde kuthuleke ngesikhathi abathengisi beqeda izingxoxo zabo zangasese.

Yimina indoda engena egalaji likaphethiloli futhi ayikaze ihayize, kodwa ngesineke ilinde uweta aqede ukufunda iphephandaba lakhe.

Ngiyindoda echaza ukuphuthuma kwayo ukuthola ucezu, kodwa ayikhonondi uma isithola ngemva kwamasonto amathathu elindile.

Ngiyindoda, okuthi uma ingena endaweni yezohwebo, ibonakale sengathi icela umusa, icela ukumamatheka noma inethemba lokuqashelwa.

Ucabanga ukuthi ngingumuntu othulayo, onesineke, ongalokothi ube nenkinga… unephutha.

Uyangazi?

Ngiyikhasimende elingabuyi!

Ngiyakujabulela ukubona izigidi zichithwa minyaka yonke ezikhangisweni zazo zonke izinhlobo, ukuze zingibuyisele enkampanini yakho, njengoba ngiqala ukuya lapho, okwakudingeka bakwenze nje kwakuwumusa omncane, olula futhi olushibhile : ukuphatha kancane ukuhlonipha okwengeziwe.

Munye kuphela umphathi: ikhasimende. Futhi angaxosha wonke umuntu enkampanini, kusukela kumongameli kuya kumlindi, ngokuthatha imali yakhe ayoyisebenzisa kwenye indawo.'

Ercole Palmeri