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Lapho sifika eVentura, ngangineminyaka engu-10 kuphela ubudala.Kusukela lapho, iCalifornia ibilokhu iyikhaya lami.Uyise wayenentshisekelo yokuphila kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe, futhi wayegcwele umdlandla eminyakeni eyalandela.Eminyakeni eyisithupha ezayo, sizoqhubeka nokuhlala ku-Agio.Nakuba ngamunye wethu enekhabethe lakhe, igumbi lapha lisencane kakhulu, futhi ngifuna wonke amathuba okuba ngibaleke.Ngazama izikhathi eziningana ukweqa edolobheni lakithi.
Ukuphila eCalifornia kuzungeza amanzi.Bonke abangane bami abasha babentweza, futhi ngokushesha ngabajoyina.Nami ngaqala ukuba senkingeni futhi.Umama wasebenza endaweni kawoyela engasogwini eCalifornia iminyaka eminingana, kodwa wayengazi ukuthi wayezokwazi nini ukuya ekhaya.Lapho esengitholile nabangane abambalwa, wasebenzisa isibhamu sakhe sokuzenzela ukuze afune izingwejeje.Nalapha futhi, wabona insika yomkhumbi inyakaza njengoba usondela.Wagqekeza umgwaqo omncane, futhi lapho efika esikebheni, wangibona mina nabangane bami sishintshana sehla esikebheni, sizungeza insika ephakemeyo phezu kwendwayimane ku-rack yami.
Esikhathini esiningi, mina nobaba besihlala kumaplanethi ahlukene.Usebenza kanzima.Uzohamba ekuseni kakhulu bese ebuya isikhashana esidlweni sakusihlwa ngehora lesihlanu.Umama uyajabula ngokusivumela ukuba sidle isidlo sakusihlwa somkhaya, kodwa uma siliphusha ipuleti, sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuze sizenzele okwethu.
Lapho, lapho ngisebangeni lesishiyagalombili, ubaba wenza umzamo owengeziwe wokungifaka e-ice hockey.Irenki eseduze yokushibilika eqhweni iku-Thousand Oaks, ibanga eliyihora kuphela ukusuka ehhotela.Phakathi nenkathi ye-hockey yeqhwa, uzovuka ngo-5:30 ekuseni njalo ngoMgqibelo angiyise eThousand Oaks ukuze ngizilolonge.Uze wasiza nokuqondisa iqembu lethu.Kuyo yonke isizini ye-hockey, sobabili sinethuba lokuqondanisa futhi, njengalapho sibuyela e-Kimberley.Kodwa ngokushesha, umsebenzi wami wezemidlalo waphela ngokuzumayo.
Ngabona ukuthi amadolo ami aqala ukuba buhlungu, futhi ekupheleni kwesizini, kwaba nzima kakhulu.Ngiyakwazi ukudlala, kodwa ngemuva kokuzilolonga, kuzoba namaqhubu amabili edolweni lami.Uma uwacofa endaweni efanele, kuba sengathi kukhona ongihlohla ngembazo yeqhwa edolweni.
“Umfana wakho une-Osgood-Schlatter syndrome.Ubelokhu ezifela ngezemidlalo, ngakho isikhathi eside amadolo akhe awatholi ithuba lokuthuthuka ngendlela.”
Usitshele ukuthi ezimweni ezingavamile, ukuhlinzwa kuyadingeka.Ucabanga ukuthi akudingekile kimi, kodwa kufanele ngibophe izinsimbi okwesikhashana.
Umama wacishe wakhamisa.“Usho ukuthini, yehlisa izinga lokuzivocavoca?”Wayesaba: Ngaphandle kokuzivocavoca, wayazi ukuthi ngangingena ezinkingeni ezinkulu kakhulu, futhi sasingekho nhlobo isikhathi.
Bazama ukungifaka imilenze ezinsimbini zokubopha izinyawo, kodwa kwathi lapho izinsimbi sezifakwe, ngayeka ukushushuluza echwebeni.Ekugcineni, babona ukuthi akukho okunye ababengakwenza ngaphandle kokungiyeka ngidlale.Nakuba ngibazonda, laba balingisi kungenzeka basindise impilo yami, noma okungenani basindise amadolo ami.Ilinganiselwe kumodeli ye-plaster, amalunga ami angakhula ngokujwayelekile.Angikaze ngibe nezinkinga zedolo kusukela lapho.
Ngaleso sikhathi, nalokhu kwakuyinhlekelele.Ngingumfundi osanda kungena esikoleni esiphakeme futhi ngifuna ngempela ukulwa nokudlala i-baseball.Awekho amadayisi.Lapho ngisebangeni lesishiyagalolunye, ngangifakwe ukhonkolo emlenzeni wami.Lapho nje behamba, nami ngashiya-ngingena enkingeni futhi.
Ngaphandle kwemidlalo ye-track kanye nenkundla yokuthatha isikhathi namandla ami, umama wavula indlela entsha: Nginike umsebenzi.Ngaphambi nje kosuku lwami lokuzalwa lweminyaka engu-13, wangethula endodeni okuthiwa uBill Magee ongumnikazi we-Peace charter e-Ventura Harbour.UBill wahlongoza ukuba ngisebenze emkhunjini wakhe.
Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, ngasebenza “Ukuthula” ihlobo lonke (njalo ehlobo).Konke mayelana naleso sikebhe sokutshuza kanye namathuba ahehayo ohambo olungaphandle kwetheku nasentshonalanga kuya e-Channel Islands kwangihlaba umxhwele.Akulona ihaba ukusho ukuthi ukusebenzela ukuthula kuyishintshile impilo yami.
UBill Magee ungomunye wabantu abangcono kakhulu engibaziyo.Yena noKaputeni uMichael Roach bafana nobaba kimi.Bayanginakekela futhi bangiphathisa imithwalo yemfanelo eminingi.Anginaso isipiliyoni sangempela ngaphambili.Bangibonisa inhlonipho entsha ngokuphelele.Bangenza ngikholelwe ukuthi ngingaba othile futhi ngenze okuthile okukhethekile ekuphileni kwami.
UBill wenza imali yokwakha.Ekugcineni, wathengisa ngempumelelo inkampani yokufulela eBay Area, okwamenza wakwazi ukufeza iphupho engangililindele ukuthi aphikelele isikhashana.Ukutshuza ngezemidlalo kuwumsebenzi wakhe wokuzilibazisa, futhi watshala ingxenye yemali etholakala ngokudayiswa kwenkampani emsebenzini “wokuthula” owathola ama-chips akhe ezingxoxo futhi wayiletha olwandle.
UCaptain Roach ungumphelelisi ophelele we-Irish classic Aral Sea Captain Bill.Wangifundisa ukuxhawula nokubheka indoda uma ukhuluma nayo.
UBill Magee uphinde abe zasendle-Hugh Hefner olwandle oluphakeme.UBill unentombi entsha isonto ngalinye, ngokuvamile cishe ingxenye yeminyaka yakhe, futhi uhlale ehambela amaphathi ashisayo kubhavu lapho abesifazane abaningi, izidakwa zotshwala (ngikholelwa ukuthi “Ukuthula” kuwumkhumbi wokuqala onobhavu oshisayo), Futhi uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi yini enye.Uma sikhuluma nje, i-Mir iyisikebhe sokuntywila, okusho ukuthi abantu kufanele bakhokhele ukutshuza emanzini.Ngokungafanele, lesi futhi isihogo sesikebhe sephathi.Sizothatha abahambi bethu bavakashele i-Ventura Channel Islands.Kufanele sikhiphe iqembu labatshuzi ngesikhathi, abane eqenjini ngalinye-phakathi kwama-diving, lapho siboshiwe ubusuku bonke, sizoya emicimbini.UBill uzonginika amakhulu ambalwa amadola ukuze ngikwazi ukuhlala phansi futhi ngibambe iqhaza emidlalweni engapheli ye-poker.Ngangiphuza i-Scotch lapha ngineminyaka engu-13 futhi ngidlala i-poker nabanye.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukutshuza akuyona ihlaya.Uma ungekho ewashini lehange, ungalijabulisa kakhulu futhi ujoyine iqembu, kodwa lapho ufika endizeni, kufanele ungene esikebheni.Kufanele wazi imikhawulo namakhono akho.Ngangingazi ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa kwavela ukuthi lokhu kwakuwukulungiselela okuhle kwama-SEAL.
Njengomuntu odelelekile esigxotsheni se-totem, ngivame ukuthola i-trivia mayelana "nokuthula", okungekho omunye umuntu ofuna ukukwenza.Enye yazo iwukweqa phansi noma nini lapho ihange libhajwa, lingene lapho bese liyikhulula.Lokhu kuvame ukwenzeka ebusuku kakhulu.Izikhathi eziningi ngangibanjwa ubuthongo obukhulu futhi ngizwe “Vuka, Brandon!Kufanele sinyakaze, ihange libhajwe.Gqoka i-wetsuit, kufanele uyigqoke."
Ngangizocwila lapho ngethoshi futhi ngesaba ukufa.Hlukana novalo loshaka, ingasaphathwa eyokusaba ubumnyama, isihogo ngempela lesi.
Kwesinye isikhathi ngiya ngijula, ngithole ukuthi ihange ligoqwe unqenqema lwethani elilodwa, oludonswa olwandle ngenxa yesisindo somkhumbi namagagasi angaphezulu.Ngokuqhuma umoya, ngizoncenga insizwa ukuthi idonse ihange ukuze ikhulule ukuntenga eketango.Ngemva kwalokho, ngaya emsebenzini ukuze ngixazulule lesi simo esinesiphithiphithi.Ukuvuthela phezulu futhi kuzokhombisa ukuthi umsebenzi wami usuphelile.Ngaleso sikhathi, lapho ngihlala ngaphansi komhlaba, izisebenzi zizodonsa ihange, ziqikelele ukuthi ihange lisuke ngokuphelele phansi.Ngokuvamile iphinde ibambeke futhi kufanele ngiphinde yonke inqubo.Lapho sekucacile ekugcineni, ngizokhipha umoya wokugcina bese ngithumela isignali kimi ukuze ngibakhumbuze ngendawo yabo nokukhuphuka.Ngemva kokubuyela esikebheni, ngizogeza ngokushesha okushisayo futhi ngizame ukuvala amehlo ami ngokushesha ngaphambi kokuphela kosuku.Kubi kakhulu lokhu, ngiyakuthanda.
UBrandon uyi-Navy SEAL sniper ehlotshiswe ngokusebenza, usomabhizinisi kanye nombhali.Njengenhloko yeButho Lezempi Lasemanzini laseMelika, wayengumqeqeshi omkhulu weNavy SEAL Sniper School, eyakhiqiza ezinye zezidubuli ezidumile e-United States.U-Weber ungumbhali odayisa kakhulu we-New York Times, umshayeli wendiza oshisekayo nesithandwa se-whisky, kanye nomsunguli we-SOFREP.
Siyaqonda ukuthi ukukhangisa kungase kungabi isizathu sokuba ube lapha, kodwa imali yethu engenayo yokukhangisa iyindlela yethu yokugcina izibani zikhanya futhi sikhokhele ababhali abaphezulu.Lena yindlela esingaqhubeka ngayo sikunikeze imibiko yekhwalithi ephezulu ngezimpi nezindaba zomhlaba.
Singabonga kakhulu uma ungasigunyaza kusivimbeli sesikhangiso.Uma ufuna okwenziwayo ngaphandle kwezikhangiso, sicela ucabangele ukuba yilungu le-SOFREP futhi ujabulele ezinye izinzuzo ngaphandle kwengxenye engakhangisi.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-05-2021