Zinthu zoyipitsitsa ndizomwe zimachitika nthawi yayitali. Palibe nthawi yabwino yopezera zabwino koyambirira.
Ngakhale zili choncho, zinthu zoyipa kwambiri zimachitika, ndimakhalidwe osalongosoka omwe sangathe kufotokozedwa mwamaganizidwe amunthu ngakhale kuyesera kuwayanjanitsa ndi mtundu wina wakufa komwe kumabweretsa mphotho kapena kumvetsetsa kopitilira muyeso komwe sikubwera.
Mchimwene wake wa Jas amwalira pakati pa nthawi yomwe m'bale ndi wofunikira kwambiri kuposa kale, ngati kufunikira kumatha kumaliza maphunziro ake. Chomwe chimachitika pambuyo pake ndi tsoka la mlongo yemwe akumva kusokonezeka, wakhungu, wopunduka ndipo ali mkati mwa kusintha kwakukula komwe kumawonekera m'zochitika zake ngati phompho pansi pa mapazi ake.
Nkhani yachisoni ndi kusankha kovuta pakati pakugonjetsa kapena kugonjera. Jas amakhala kudziko losatsimikizika pakati paubwana ndi unyamata pomwe amwalira mchimwene wake pangozi akusewerera.
Kupweteka kwa kulira kumawonjezera ntchito yovuta kale yakukhala wamkulu ndipo a Jas, omwe amadzimva kuti asiyidwa ndi achibale ake, amachita zomwe akufuna kuti apulumuke. Amayitanitsa mchimwene wake pamiyambo yachilendo, amadzichepetsera m'masewera okakamiza achiwerewere, amayesetsa kuzunza nyama, ndikuganiza za Mulungu ndi "mbali inayo" pofunafuna iye ndi wina woti amupulumutse.
Ndiko kulimbana kwa msungwana kuti amvetsetse imfa, osatchulidwepo dzina koma kupezeka paliponse, chifukwa pokhapo pomwe adzatha kuigonjetsa. Nkhani yochokera pakhungu momwe sizingatheke kuti musamve kuzizira kulikonse, kuphulika kulikonse, chilonda chilichonse. Chiyambi chovuta komanso chokongola kuchokera kwa yemwe ali kale m'modzi mwa mawu ofunikira kwambiri ku Holland.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la «Kusakhazikika kwa usiku», buku lolembedwa ndi Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, apa: